England second innings: 130-3 (52 overs)

Batsmen: Root 40, Taylor 3

Fall of wickets: 13-1 (Cook 7), 48-2 (Hales 26), 119-3 (Compton 49)

Bowling figures: Steyn 3.5-0-10-0, Morkel 12.3-4-16-1, Abbott 9.4-2-18-0, Piedt 17-3-60-2, Elgar 6-0-16-0, Van Zyl 3-2-5-0

South Africa first innings: 214 (Elgar 118 not out)

Bowling figures: Broad 15-6-25-4, Woakes 14-1-28-0, Moeen 25-3-69-4, Finn 15.4-1-49-2, Stokes 9-1-25-0, Root 3-1-11-0.

England first innings: 303 (Compton 85, Taylor 70, Steyn 4-70, Morkel 4-76)

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Dane Piedt is bowling some all-sorts off-breaks here, the frontline man not looking much better than Dean Elgar. A bit leggy, no great control of length, England allowed to milk. Shadows are lengthening.

Dale Steyn is back on the field, under a sunhat at mid-on as his new-ball partner Morne Morkel kicks in. With the giant Morkel bowling to Root and Taylor, it's a bit like the big boy bowling to the younger kids. It's good stuff from Morkel, only two singles from it. It's just starting to get a bit darker. 

Harry Shirt: Compton and Root missed a trick there against the part time bowlers! Too many dot balls, field was out!

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In the celebrations, it looks like AB de Villiers took his fair share of stick from his team-mates. If I was them I'd be asking him to change his gloves. James Taylor the new man, watching on as Root twice pulls the returning off-spin of Dane Piedt.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

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"That was one of the poorer balls that Morkel has bowled all day."

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"De Villiers moved his feet well and made amends for that dropped catch."

Dropped catchpublished at 14:25

14:25

Eng 119-2

Would you believe it! Morne Morkel is there, he can bowl and, yes, he has had another catch dropped. It's Nick Compton the batsman and again it's AB De Villiers who has butter on his gloves. Genuine edge, going between keeper and first slip. De Villiers dives with one hand and punches the ball away. Unbelievable.

Conor Matchett: Replacements in Test cricket could be used to artificially increase an impact of a bowler - part of the challenge is to keep 11 fit.

After a drinks break quicker than a hiccup, Dean Elgar continues. Morne Morkel is still out there, isn't he? More Afrikaans from behind the stumps, just when Nick Compton is on strike. Will the light draw in tonight? There are still 20 overs to bowl. I think we can play up to 15:30 GMT. 

Harry: Complete contrast to the summer where you couldn't make a sandwich without missing an entire innings.

James Claybrook: England selectors need to face facts that Compton should never have been dropped in first place. Need a hard look at themselves.  

Stiaan Van Zyl is actually doing quite a tidy job with the ball, albeit without posing a major threat. Eight-pace run, up and down, stump to stump. A maiden to Compton, whose attitude to risk probably makes him think very carefully before getting out of bed each morning. Time for drinks.

Close!published at 14:13

14:13

Eng 111-2

Close, very close. Compton checks a drive against Elgar, almost prodding a catch back to the bowler. Elgar takes flight to his left, the ball just evading his fingertips. Compton, enjoying his share of luck today, edges towards a second half-century on his return, while England's lead hits 200.

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Question. Why in this day and age are injured players not allowed to be replaced? Surely the current regulations are largely rooted in a time when only 11 players were present? Does a team effectively playing with 10 men not short change the spectator? If it could be correctly policed, could Test cricket have a replacement system? Or am I talking nonsense? Van Zyl, the other half of the two opening batsmen that are currently bowling, sends down a tidy maiden.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I can't understand why Piedt the off-spinner was taken off, he was bowling beautifully.  He was looking like causing problems with every ball."