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South Africa debutant Chris Morris, who took 1-99, on Sky Sports: "It's been the dream since I was a youngster, so to walk out and represent my country is a proud moment.

"Ten days ago I thought I was going to go on holiday. As soon as the call came I was packing my bags and I'm happy to be here.

"Stokes played rather well but we've got to be honest - I didn't bowl well with the second new ball.

"We'll come back tomorrow and try and get back on as soon as I can. There's a lot of hard work ahead of us and we've got to fight as hard as we can."

Daniel Fellows: @Stokesy, external is already a far better all rounder than #Flintoff, external in my opinion. Genuine world class, striking fear into opposition.

More from England's Alex Hales: "We're in a pretty good position. Around the second new ball mark the game was in the balance, and the way Stokesie and Jonny played has put us in a good position. They played superbly.

"The next two wickets are key partnerships, and they way they bat they can take the game away."

Caroline: Good day's play, lads. On balance we came out on top. Well done Ben S and Jonnie B. Good knock!

England's Alex Hales, who made 60 in his second Test, on Sky Sports "The coach has said go out and play your natural game - how you do for Notts and for the England one-day team - so there's no pressure on me in that respect. I look to be an attacking player and occasionally I'll make the odd mistake."

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"I don't want to be too critical but I don't think we're enamoured with Amla's captaincy. There are things he could have done better.

"England are the better side, I'll be surprised if they don't win."

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

Image source, Rex Features

"I thought South Africa had done quite well but Stokes played nicely and didn't do anything silly - then he exploded.  He might have played and missed the odd one but he played some scintillating shots and smashed them to all parts.

"Amla didn't help his bowlers by putting men on the boundary to stop fours. Stokes took them to the cleaners and Bairstow played sensibly enough. No one was winning but England are now in the box seat. 150 runs in the last session? You've got to be kidding."

Then it was the Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow show. The pair rescued England with some powerful, but virtually chanceless, hitting which took England from 223-5 in the 68th over to 317-5 at the close. They scored at almost a run a ball.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Compton played his nice self - very steady. He got 45 nice runs but then he pulled one straight to mid-wicket. Taylor's was an awful shot - he'll look at that tonight and be embarrassed. Joe Root was busy and played well. But he got himself out too.

"Hales gave it away. Compton gave it away. Root gave it away. England gave away four wickets on a lovely batting pitch."

James Taylor also perished to a bad shot - caught behind driving to the first ball after tea to register a golden duck while Joe Root once again reached 50 but failed to kick on.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"I feel that if Hales is going to succeed over a period in Test cricket he has to rein things in. You can get away with things in one-day cricket where there are no slips but he needs to improve. You don't want to be giving your wicket away."

Time to look back on an entertaining day of Test cricket.

England got off to a flyer, reaching 55 without loss before Alastair Cook was caught by Chris Morris's superb slip catch.

However, Alex Hales (60) and Nick Compton (45) steadied the ship and advanced England's score nicely before gifting their wickets with poor shots.

Jack of all trades: England's day for sure, the final session took it away from SA. I think Amla should have kept the new ball for tmrw morning.

England 317-5 (87 overs)

Batsmen: Stokes 74*, Bairstow 39*

Bowling figures: Morkel 18-3-51-1, Morris 22-3-99-1, Rabada 19-2-74-3, Piedt 21-5-63-0, van Zyl 5-0-12-0, Elgar 2-0-7-0.

Fall of wickets: 55-1 (Cook 27), 129-2 (Hales 60), 167-3 (Compton 45), 167-4 (Taylor 0), 223-5 (Root 50)

England won the toss

Peter Coles: Feel sorry for Amla but it has to be said he's getting it all wrong here.

How ironic that South Africa sent down seven overs of medium pace while they waited for the new ball and England smashed 46 off the first five overs delivered with the new nut.

Gareth Price: Everyone busy laying into England middle order as ever. But I bet Stokes and Bairstow have won us this Test in the last hour.