Summary

  • Stokes 258 off 198 balls

  • Second fastest Test double century

  • Bairstow 150* - maiden Test century

  • Highest Test sixth-wicket stand (399)

  • Amla 64*, De Villiers 25*

  • England lead 1-0 in four-match series

Live Reporting

Marc Higginson and Justin Goulding

  1. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Ben Stokes celebratesGetty Images

    "I'm amazed that it carried that far. Elgar tried to work it on to the on side but he closed the face. He gets to 44 but then makes that one error. It's a brilliant catch from Compton and it's that man again, Ben Stokes."

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Elgar c Compton b Stokes 44 (SA 85-2)

    Ben Stokes takes a wicketGetty Images

    I was just writing that the compact Dean Elgar is more organised at the crease than a Filofax and then Ben Stokes steps up to clear the left-hander's diary for the rest of the day. A short delivery with steep bounce takes the outside edge and Nick Compton does the rest with a good catch at backward point.

  3. Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "Alastair Cook has just got to swap things around. there's no magic wand on a good pitch. Keep the tactic - keep it outside off stump. If you get Amla wide, out of his comfort zone, you might just get him to nick it."

  4. SA 81-1

    Mitchell Johnson bowls out Hassim AmlaGetty Images

    The player to have dismissed Hashim Amla the most in his career? Mitchell Johnson. England might consider selecting Mark Footitt, their own left-arm quick, for the next Test if Hash goes big here.

    Another interesting stat is that Amla is yet to score a run in the 'V'. Elgar, in contrast, has scored 22 of his runs down the ground.

  5. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Cook took it very nicely at first slip, two hands above his head. Bairstow didn't even move."

  6. SA 79-1 (Stokes 3-1-8-0)

    There are a few light-hearted chuckles from players on both sides when Ben Stokes bowls a wide which ends up in the hands of Alastair Cook at first slip. Steve Harmison-esque. 

  7. Tributes to Sussex's Matthew Hobden

    Matthew HobdenGetty Images

    Sussex bowler Matthew Hobden, who has died aged 22, was a "gentle giant", according to his amateur club captain.

    England cricketers wore black armbands as a mark of respect on Sunday. The cause of his death has not been given.

    Jeremy Green, the first XI captain of Sussex league side Preston Nomads, said the news was "a massive shock".

    "We had a nickname for him which was BMH, 'Big Matt Hobden'. He was a larger-than-life guy on and off the field," said Green.

    Read more here

  8. SA 78-1 (trail by 555)

    Stuart Broad is trying every trick he's got up his sleeve... which is quite a few.

    Bowling with a wobbly seam, dishing up short stuff or delivering loopy, slower ball yorkers, he always looks a threat.

    But Hashim Amla has been around the block himself and pulls a bumper to the boundary.

  9. SA 73-1 (Elgar 38, Amla 29)

    Marlon Samuels salutes Ben Stokes in a test match between England and West Indies.

    Ben Stokes gets a little taste of his own medicine when Dean Elgar punches him for four through the leg side.

    I wonder if Marlon Samuels saw the innings today? Surely it's worthy of another salute? Marlon... we're here if you want to pay tribute.

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    Amanda Rutter: Is 629 suddenly looking like a rather slim total on this batting pitch?

    Karl Barrett: Looks like south Africa have made a flatter pitch to help their batsmen find some form. 

  11. SA 66-1 (Broad 4-2-9-0)

    Alastair Cook is not allowing this game to meander in the way Hashim Amla did at the same time yesterday. He brings Stuart Broad back for a spell. Bowling round the wicket, Broad is too leggy to nuggety left-hander Dean Elgar and is nudged for ones and twos. 

  12. Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    Hassim Amla of South AfricaReuters

    "If you were a South Africa supporter you'd be fairly happy with how things are going. Elgar is getting his foot out to the ball and Amla is playing better, but he's got to be careful."

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    #bbccricket

    James Thomas: Is there anywhere I can buy some Ben Stokes pyjamas? Age 43-44.

  14. SA 61-1 (Elgar 29, Amla 26)

    Ben Stokes has already brought a crate of lager, a box of wine and a tray of vol-au-vents to this party... but perhaps he has more to give?

    He hurries Hashim Amla with a bouncer which the South Africa skipper is late on. A little appeal, no edge behind. Maiden over.

  15. Here comes Ben Stokes...

    Hold on to your hats.

  16. Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "It's so good this pitch, Hashim Amla is just staying on the back foot and picking Moeen off with a stick of rhubarb."

  17. SA 61-1 (trail by 568)

    Steven Finn bowlsAP

    Thanks Justin, a good stint.

    It's all gone a bit quiet, hasn't it? Like the coach home from a school trip, or perhaps the night bus from town. Everyone and everything has been going at 100mph and now there's the inevitable slump.

    I'm sure that'll change once they chuck the ball to the cool kid at the back of the bus, Ben Stokes.

    One from Steven Finn's latest set of six.

  18. SA 60-1 (Moeen 5-1-22-0)

    Amla may been in a bad run of form, but he's certainly looked accomplished today. He makes room to force Moeen through cover off the back foot for a couple as the off-spinner drops short before Elgar drives straight, his fifth boundary. And that's the 50 stand. Time for Marc Higginson to take the live text reins once more.

  19. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    Steven FinnReuters

    "This is a tough pitch to bowl on. Like a chief executive's wicket."

  20. SA 53-1 (trail by 576)

    Finn is fuller to finish the over. Elgar is up to the task.