Summary

  • England win by 241 runs to lead series 1-0

  • Take 6-38 in 25 overs before lunch

  • Finn took 4-42 and Moeen 3-37

  • Moeen man of the match for 7-116

  • Only second win in 16 overseas Tests

  1. Postpublished at 08:38 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2015

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

    "Disappointing from South Africa. It has been a challenging few days, sometimes it is the way you lose that makes it difficult to come back. They have to find a way to re-group before Newlands."

  2. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 08:36

    Abbott lbw Moeen 2 (SA 143-8)

    Moeen Ali celebrates a wicketImage source, AFP

    Out. Just out. Kyle Abbott hasn't had much idea against Moeen Ali and he makes a fatal error by playing off the back foot. Pitching on the stumps, straightening, Abbott missing, Moeen on target. England two away, South rolling over to have their bellies tickled.  

  3. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 08:36 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2015

    tms@bbc.co.uk

    A further proposal for the quiz:

    An incorrect answer would be greeted by the voice of Boycott saying "rhubarb" while a correct answer would prompt whatever noise Boycs made when Pietersen baseball-batted Brett Lee down the ground at the Oval in '05.

    Incorrect respondents would be banished to the Corridor of Uncertainty, where they would be unable to play the next question posed.

    Peter Rice, Juba, South Sudan

  4. SA 142-7 (Eng need 3 wickets)published at 08:35

    Finn pumps his arms towards Abbott, who looks like a man trying to remember everything he was taught in the nets. Keep you eye on the ball would have been one tip, one which Abbott forgets when he wears a short ball on the hand. 

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    Get Involvedpublished at 08:33 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2015

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    Si Lomas: ‏How does Rilee Rossouw not get in this aberration of a South African batting line-up, always looked a tidy player I've thought.

    Dave Hansford: ‏England bowling well but SA fans surely have questions about motivation and application here.

  6. SA 140-7published at 08:31

    South Africa are looking at a fourth defeat in five Tests. No win in seven. It's usually the England captain who goes when these two sides meet, but could Hashim Amla be under the pump? This would equal their worst run since readmittance. "Lovely, Moeen Ali," is the chirp from behind the stumps as the offie examines Duminy.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 08:29 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2015

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    Richard Mayo: My son wants me to play lego but I'm too busy watching internet text commentary on #bbccricket, external. Maybe in 10 mins when South Africa are beaten.

    RunMattRun: Village, South Africa, village.

    Villan UK: It is amazing that a game played over 5 days can be lost or won within 5 minutes, well done Moeen.

  8. SA 138-7 (Finn 11-4-28-4)published at 08:28

    That's four wickets for Steven Finn, one more and he bags a Michelle Pfeiffer. Kyle Abbott, who looked poor in the first innings, is the new man, facing Finn as the Barmies clap him to the crease. That's another trimmer, beating the outside edge. South Africa's collapse is now at 4-2.

  9. Postpublished at 08:26 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Dale Steyn is bowled by Steven FinnImage source, AP

    "Steyn just playing down the wrong line and the off-stump cartwheeling out of the ground. Well done Steven Finn, removed Steyn, no apologies for the pun. We'll be home in time for tea and crumpets at this rate."

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    WICKETpublished at 08:24

    Steyn b Finn 2 (SA 138-7)

    Steven Finn celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    Bowled him! That's an absolute rozzer from Steven Finn, taking the off stump of Dale Steyn, a full pint out of the ground. Angled in, pitching off, straightening to take the top of the same peg. That's a good nut to any batsman, but far too good for a tailender posing as a nightwatchman. We're speeding towards the end here.  

  11. Get involvedpublished at 08:23 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2015

    tms@bbc.co.uk

    There once was a cricket quiz on BBC Radio year ago, called something like Test Match Quiz, where the likes of Tim Rice and William Rushton answered questions worth one, four or six runs and if they got it wrong and the other side got it right it was a wicket. Brian Johnson was the chairman. . It has been repeated on Radio4Extra within the last year or so. Absolutely dreadful.  

    Martin Coxhead

  12. 138-6 (target 416)published at 08:21

    Every ball feels like an event here. A little grenade of English danger that could push South Africa closer to defeat. Dale Steyn, who seems to have a pillow under his shirt as a chest guard, shows the self-control to not smash Moeen Ali into the sea. Restraint. For now.

  13. For the record...published at 08:20 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2015

  14. SA 137-6 (Eng need 4 wickets)published at 08:19

    As Dale Steyn plays his lone resistance to Steven Finn, the figures in the South Africa dressing room sit statuesque, not talking to each other. It's like a funeral in there. Single to Steyn, then Duminy has to have gloves and inners off for an adjustment. "Up and down," squeaks Joe Root from second slip.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 08:16 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2015

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    Theo Bowyer: ‏Set alarm for 7:45am... Snooze, snooze, snooze and you lose. Missed 2 wickets!

    Colin Curryer: ‏South Africa have started like they really want to get a move on and finish this match. 

    Robert Stow: ‏The last Test match stumping by an English wicketkeeper was, er, just now. Well done Mo and Jonny!

  16. SA 136-6 (Moeen 17-5-36-2)published at 08:15

    Going back to last night, South Africa have lost three wickets for no runs. The new man is JP Duminy - a batsman currently unsure which end of the willow to hold. A replay of the Bavuma wicket does him no favours - he was barely in the shot when the bails came off having played down the Bakerloo line. Just awful.

  17. Postpublished at 08:14 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Moeen Ali celebrates with Jonny BairstowImage source, ap

    "Just as the first wicket was big for Moeen, this is even bigger for Jonny Bairstow. It beat the bat on the outside edge but Bairstow didn't panic. That will banish his demons from yesterday."

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    WICKETpublished at 08:11

    Bavuma st Bairstow b Moeen 0 (SA 136-6)

    England players celebrate a wicketImage source, getty

    Temba Bavuma, what on earth are you doing? That is cricketing suicide. His sixth ball, Bavuma skips down to Moeen Ali. The ball goes straight on and Bavuma is past it. Jonny Bairstow, who made the mistake of missing AB de Villiers last night, doesn't fail this time. Bails off in a flash. In the South Africa dressing room, an unidentified figure covers their face with their hands. That's a pretty good reaction - it was that bad.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 08:10 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2015

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    Adam Davies:That's absolutely massive from Moeen. Got his reward after last night. That was the one man who could save SA! Nerves cleared!

    Rachel T: Whoah!!!! Game over?!

    Stuart Mitchell: ‏Get in Moeen you beauty, last 5 should be a procession.

  20. SA 136-5 (target 416)published at 08:10

    A penny for Dale Steyn's thoughts. Bad shoulder, out there to be nightwatchman, resisting the urge to whack it out of the park, the senior partner in De Villiiers already gone. He faces up to Steven Finn with a phalanx of slips and a short leg in place. Shuffling around, jamming down, Steyn somehow survives.