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Oh. My. Word.

What a let-off for England.

Morne Morkel has Joe Root caught. Massive blow. Are England about to implode and lose the Test?

But then, as Root is trudging off, replays show it was a no-ball!

Unbelievable, and possibly a game-changer too.

2016 is nearly a week old, and I'm sure, like Sir Chris, you're struggling to keep your New Year's resolutions. 

So we're asking today - what New Year's resolutions would you suggest for sports stars? 

Perhaps Florentino Perez could learn to be more patient? Jurgen Klopp to give his players' hamstrings a bit of a rest? 

Send us your thoughts using #bbcsportsday on Twitter. 

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Fifa's ethics committee provisionally suspended Jerome Valcke from all football on 8 October for 90 days.

The Frenchman was alleged to be implicated in a scheme to profit from the sale of World Cup tickets.

Valcke, 55, who also faces bribery allegations, denies any wrongdoing.

Some news just emerging... Fia judges extend Jerome Valcke suspension by 45 days.

This hasn't been a particularly good series for the England skipper with the bat thus far...

Now, this couldn't be happening, could it? 

England have lost two early wickets on the final day vs South Africa. Both Cook and Hales have gone cheaply - you can follow the live text on the match here.  

Some pessimistic England fans are already comparing this to England's infamous defeat at Adelaide in 2006... 

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

It was a huge night at the Britannia Stadium as Stoke's players attempt to write their names alongside those who famously won the League Cup for the Potters against Chelsea at Wembley in 1972.

And anticipation had been elevated by the impressive recent form shown by Mark Hughes' side that arguably had them as favourites before the game.

But it was to be a disappointing 90 minutes for the hosts as Liverpool appeared to stun them from kick-off by pressurising them into mistakes, and they simply never recovered enough to build up a head of steam.

No-one should dismiss Stoke's chances as they have shown so much quality already this season - but they have left themselves a huge task in the return.

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Want to hear Jurgen Klopp bemoaning Liverpool's injury situation?

Well you jolly well can do. Click here to listen to his interview with BBC Radio 5 live.

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Hamstring injuries to Philippe Coutinho and Dejan Lovren might force Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp into the transfer market - especially as Kolo Toure ended the 1-0 victory at Stoke with what appeared to be a similar problem.

Klopp had previously said he would not buy new players in January, but said after game: "This is something we have to think about."

Liverpool have no fit central defenders as Lovren joined Martin Skrtel and Mamadou Sakho on the sidelines, while Toure was clearly struggling at full-time.

"Two weeks ago we had three centre-backs, which is a good situation, and the season started with five - but now it is zero," Klopp added.  

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So then, Liverpool hold a precious advantage going into the League Cup semi-final second leg after Jordon Ibe's goal gave them victory at Stoke.

It wasn't all good news though. Influential midfielder Philippe Coutinho and defender Dejan Lovren limped off with hamstring injuries before half-time.

With Stoke way below their best, Ibe - on for Coutinho - struck at the far post in the 37th minute to put Jurgen Klopp's men in pole position ahead of the return leg at Anfield on 26 January.

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'Liverpool and Klopp,

Give one in the chops,

To Stoke, who are down,

But with time to turn things around'.

And there we have, exclusively, my first piece of work as BBC Sport's Poet Laureate  for 2016.

What's that? No I haven't been drinking, though thinking about it, that coffee I've just supped was on the strong side.

Anyway, enough of this - let's take a proper look at what happened in the first League Cup semi-final last night...

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There is - I'm going to suggest - more chance of Tim Peake popping down from space and into the BBC office for toast and tea than a result in the second Test between South Africa and England.

It was a batter's paradise for the first four days in Cape Town, the hosts amassing 627-7 declared in response to England's first innings total of 629-6.

With Alastair Cook and Alex Hales surviving a brief spell at the wicket to leave England on 16-0, it means there has to be one hell of a turn-up for the books for either side to win.

However, you never know. We'll bring you regular updates on what's going on right here on Sportsday, or alternatively you can follow every ball here on our live text commentary page.