Summary

  • Broad's 3-16 gives England the edge

  • Elgar 67 not out, De Villiers 49 for SA

  • England collapsed from 247-5 to 267-9

  • Compton 85, Bairstow 41 & Broad 32*

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:31 Greenwich Mean Time 27 December 2015

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    Stuart Broad delivers a ballImage source, Getty Images

    Colin Docker: If England can get Elgar out in the next 5 overs they are well in control.

    Mark Shuttleworth: Can Stuart repeat his summer heroics? You bet he can!

  2. SA 111-3 (trail by 192)published at 38 overs

    Ravichandran Ashwin has dismissed Dean Elgar four times, more than any other bowler, so Moeen Ali will fancy his chances against the left-hander. England's offie is managing to keep things tight now AB de Villiers is safely back in the hutch. Could that pressure bring another wicket?

  3. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time 27 December 2015

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  4. SA 110-3 (Elgar 51, du Plessis 2)published at 37 overs

    That's good to see. Chris Woakes walks back to his mark where Stuart Broad is waiting to offer some advice. The senior pro grips the ball in his fingers to demonstrate his point. Maiden over.

  5. Postpublished at 14:25 Greenwich Mean Time 27 December 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "This match is nicely poised. You need patience to graft while batting because it's not easy to play lots of shots. It does a little bit for the bowlers but it will do less and less and, as the ball gets softer, will become harder to time for the batsmen. 

    "The match situation can change very quickly with quick wickets or two batsmen coming in and batting well. It's there for both sides to win this match."

  6. SA 110-3 (trail by 193)published at 36 overs

    Every now and again, Moeen Ali gets one to grip and spit at the batsman. One such delivery causes Dean Elgar a moment of alarm. There's still 27 overs possible today if the light holds, by the way.

  7. How's stat?published at 14:19 Greenwich Mean Time 27 December 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "South Africa still don't have a single century partnership in Test cricket this year and this is their eighth match."

  8. From the press boxpublished at 14:18 Greenwich Mean Time 27 December 2015

    The Sunday Times cricket correspondent has been doing some research, and it seems Broad enjoys taking the wicket of AB de Villiers...

  9. drinks break

    Drinks breakpublished at 14:17

    SA 108-3

    Time for a break. Samit Patel brings out the refreshments.

    "Samit, where have the chocolate biscuits gone?"

  10. SA 108-3 (Broad 10-5-16-3)published at 35 overs

    Stuart Broad is shaping the ball back into the right-handers, meaning the one which nips away is always a potential wicket-taker.

    Of far more interest is a man in the crowd who's dressed in full whites and helmet, is donning green ODI pads and leaning on his bat as though he's the next man in. Part of me hopes it's the beginning of a prank. I obviously can't condone such behaviour though...

  11. 50 runs

    50 for Dean Elgar (off 93 balls)published at 34 overs

    SA 106-3

    Dean Elgar raises his bat after making his 50Image source, Rex Features

    A woefully out of form Faf du Plessis - he averaged 8.5 against India in four Tests - replaces AB de Villiers at the crease.

    He will surely try and settle into Dean Elgar's slipstream, the left-hander bringing up his half-century with a six off Moeen Ali.

  12. Postpublished at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time 27 December 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "That was a piece of beautiful bowling. Broad bowls a wonderful line and length and he got the batsman in no-man's land and thinking he should be leaving the ball. But you don't have time to change your shot, he caught in two minds and that was the end of his innings."

  13. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 32.4 overs

    De Villiers c Bairstow b Broad 49 (SA 100-3)

    Stuart Broad celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    Stuart Broad must surely be put in the world-class bracket now. Against one of the most destructive batsmen in the world, in his own back yard, and with the old ball doing very little on a lifeless pitch, he still finds the skill to wobble the seam past a set AB De Villiers' groping outside edge and Jonny Bairstow does the rest.

    Big, big wicket. What a bowler, Broad is. Wow.

  14. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:00 Greenwich Mean Time 27 December 2015

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    Dave: The gripping thing about this match is both sides have inexplicable collapses in them.

  15. SA 100-2 (Moeen 6-0-33-0)published at 32 overs

    Moeen Ali manages to beat Dean Elgar in the flight and has an lbw shout turned down by Rod Tucker.

    The batsman responds nicely, flicking three through mid-wicket. Excellent fielding from Chris Woakes stops the boundary.

  16. Postpublished at 13:56 Greenwich Mean Time 27 December 2015

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    Stuart Broad reacts as AB de Villiers hits a sixImage source, Getty Images

    "This will be a big spell for England and especially Stuart Broad as England are in need of a breakthrough now."

  17. SA 95-2 (trail by 208)published at 31 overs

    Umpire Aleem Dar interrupts play to remove a piece of paper which has blown onto the wicket. Like these things always do, the paper waits for the umpire to bend down before departing the scene via another gust.

    Stuart Broad bowls a maiden to Dean Elgar, which is interesting in the fact he bowls over and round the wicket from alternate deliveries. Clever.

  18. Latest scorecardpublished at 13:53

    South Africa first innings: 95-2 (30 overs)

    Batsmen: Elgar 41, De Villiers 47

    Fall of wickets: 0-1 (Van Zyl 0), 14-2 (Amla 7)

    Bowling figures: Broad 7-3-14-2, Woakes 8-0-20-0, Moeen 5-0-28-0, Finn 8-1-26-0, Stokes 2-1-7-0

    England first innings: 303 all out (100.1 overs)

    Fall of wickets: 3-1 (Cook 0), 12-2 (Hales 10), 49-3 (Root 24), 174-4 (Taylor 70), 196-5 (Stokes 21), 247-6 (Compton 85), 253-7 (Moeen 0), 253-8 (Woakes 0), 267-9 (Bairstow 41), 303-10 (Finn 12).

    Not out batsman: Broad 32

    Bowling figures: Steyn 25.1-5-70-4, Abbott 24-4-66-1, Morkel 26-5-76-4, Piedt 16-2-63-1, Van Zyl 2-1-2-0, Elgar 7-2-22-0.

    Full scorecard

  19. drinks break

    Drinks breakpublished at 30 overs

    SA 95-2

    Now Dean Elgar is getting stuck into Moeen Ali, bringing up 1,000 Test runs with a lofted four back over the bowler's head. Alastair Cook has got a headache here.

  20. Postpublished at 13:48 Greenwich Mean Time 27 December 2015

    Graeme Smith
    Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special

    AB de Villiers plays a shotImage source, Reuters

    "De Villiers looks like he has so much time to play his shots. The key factor is how still his head is. The extra time he has enables him to just guide the ball into the gap in the field.