Stokes 74*, Bairstow 39* - stand worth 94
Hales 60, Root 50, Compton 45
Three wickets for Rabada
Fit-again Anderson replaces Woakes
Eng won toss; 1-0 up in four-Test series
Image source, ReutersI'm loving these best ground suggestions. Just imagine watching a five-day Test in Honolulu. It's about time the United States became a hotbed of cricket, with the Boxing Day Test held in Hawaii.
Just as beautiful as that thought is Alex Hales' cover drive off a no-ball which advances England's score by three runs. So far, the loss of skipper Alastair Cook appears to be nothing more than a blip.
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Image source, Matt BarrettMatt Barrett, Honolulu: Kapi'olani Park, home of Honolulu Cricket Club, is a great ground suitable for cricket all 12 months of the year. And after the cricket Waikiki beach is only a few minutes walk away.
Morne Morkel tries to unsettle Alex Hales with a bouncer which springs back off the turf like an excitable puppy on a trampoline and sails over the wicketkeeper's head for five wides. Bonus runs.
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Image source, AFPJon Dunn: What. A. Catch.
Harry: Oh no Cooky, what a catch!
Graeme Smith
Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Reuters"Everyone was wondering what Morris was doing at third slip and now we know."
Don't worry, folks... Nick Compton is the new man in. Solid.
Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Rex Features"Morris threw himself to the left and caught it about an inch off the turf. He looked at his mates in the slip cordon as if to say 'how about that?!'"
Cook c Morris b Rabada 27 (Eng 55-1)
Image source, AFPJust when the good ship England looked to be sailing serenely round the Cape, Alastair Cook is drawn into driving by Kagiso Rabada and edges a catch to a diving Chris Morris at third slip. And what a catch it is from the big man. Ben Stokes-esque. He flung himself low to his left and caught it one-handed just above the ground. Take a bow.
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Image source, wwesternkayewwesternkaye: Maidenhead & Bray Cricket Club... Set in the beautiful Berkshire countryside. Idyllic place to play your cricket.
Nice from Alastair Cook who sits on the back foot and pokes three past gully. South Africa's pitch map shows their problem. They've barely landed two balls in the same spot. Never mind landing it on a 50p piece, it's more a case of landing it on a picnic blanket.
Morne Morkel looks beaten, his shoulders drooping as he misses his partner in crime Dale Steyn. Rather than becoming even better, like Stuart Broad does in the absence of James Anderson, Morkel seems to be less effective.
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"That's England's first fifty opening partnership in eight innings. England were averaging just 13.7 in that period for opening partnerships."
Image source, Getty ImagesThe average score on the first day of a Test at Newlands is 272-7. England would take the 272 now, but not the seven. The way they've started and taking everything else into consideration, they'll be thinking of 300-3. Alastair Cook brings up the team fifty with three more... have a guess... through the leg side.
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Graeme Smith
Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It's one of those wickets that's going to test your consistency as a seam bowler. If the seamer finds a spell and puts the ball in the right place you can extract something out of this surface."
Eng 49-0 (Eng won toss)
Image source, AFPThere's a rather English-like hum enveloping Newlands now. That's probably because the English have invaded this picturesque cricket ground this week. Like they tend to do at Bridgetown, Melbourne and Sydney also.
Alex Hales is making hay now. Another slider from Morne Morkel. Another four through the leg side. Poor Hashim Amla can't set a field to such indisciplined bowling.
Drinks.
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Image source, Sarah AnsellRon Penn: It has to be, Canterbury doesn't it? Where else would you find a tree on the outfield? The beer is great and whenever I have been there the sun shines... Perfect.
Image source, AFPEngland, by the way, have not scored any runs in the 'V' yet. Of their 39 runs off the bat so far, 27 have been through the leg side. Stats which bring bowling coaches out in hot sweats of rage.
Kagiso Rabada is bowling a mixed bag. After hitting Alex Hales with a bouncer, his final delivery is whipped through mid-wicket for four more.
Make that 31 from 43. Something for Proteas bowling coach Charl Langeveldt to consider.
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"It's important for South Africa that when they get chances they take them. They can't afford any dropped catches."
Image source, AFPChris Morris has a look of disbelief, as though somebody's sidled up to him in the pub and had a swig of his pint (that actually happened to me once. In Bury). The reason for the incredulity? Alastair Cook clipping a catch into the leg side just wide of a man positioned for that very shot. It's England's day, it seems.