Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"It looks like it's going to be difficult for England to prise them out. They might have scored a lot of runs, but the ball is doing nothing for them at the moment."

Amla dropped on 21published at 15.2 overs

15.2 overs

SA 53-1

Technically a chance but no blame attached to James Taylor there. Amla works Finn off his hips and Taylor does well to even get a hand to it low to his right at short leg. It would been a blinder.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

"Elgar is playing very nicely. He's carried on his good form from Durban, which is not always easy after you've been thrashed round the park."

SA 52-1 (trail by 577)published at 15 overs

15 overs

I'm yet to see one turn in this innings. Neither has Elgar, who casts aside his caution to dance down the track and deposit Moeen over the rope at long-on. He didn't quite get to the pitch but he kept his shape well and that was very sweetly struck.

Patch Thompson: Ben Stokes is my new sporting icon. I'm going to do nothing but bicep curls and dye my hair in an attempt to become him.

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"Hash-im, Hash-im. Hash-im, Hash-im. Hash-im, Hash-im. Hash-im, Hash-im, Hash-iiim." Easily pleased, some fans. Two off that over from Finn.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Ben Stokes should get a bowl before long. When you've had such a great performance, it can be horses for courses. I'd be giving him three overs to see what he can do."

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Moeen to Amla. Beard to beard. Five dots followed by another whipped four off the legs by South Africa's skipper.

Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special

"Dean Elgar is not looking all together on top of things here against Steven Finn."

The Root Experiment lasted only one over. Elgar has Steven Finn to face instead - and watches a bounces whistle past his nose. He responds by twice driving fuller deliveries back past the bowler, before Finn counters with a sharp blow to the glove.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"It is such a good pitch here. It has got that lovely bounce and a fast outfield, I'd like a bat on it."

Moeen continues. Spin from both ends, on the second day of the match no less. Who'd have thought it? He strays on to Amla legs and, like so many bowlers before him, pays the price.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

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 "Amla is a popular figure but he has been struggling of late. There are many that would like to see a few hours of him batting. That triple century, external he got at The Oval in 2012, from the minute he walked to the middle he didn't look like getting out."  

Tidyish from Root. Amla collects a single and Elgar a couple. No alarms.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"At the start after a break, get your big guns on. I hope Joe Root gets a wicket but it wouldn't be the normal thing."

Cheeky from England: Joe Root gets the first ball of the evening with his part-time off-spin. Interesting. Very interesting. Who ever said Alastair Cook was a predictable captain...?

The England players are in place, eager to get going again. Amla and Edgar are loitering on the edge of the boundary, slightly less keen. Let's do this.

Jonny Bairstow's mum and sister reveal they are likely to head for a glass of champagne with their son/brother at the close tonight. Richly deserved.

Ali Mason: The greatest day in the history of gingers...

More from Jonny Bairstow's mum Janet on TMS: "He knew where we were and then when he got his hundred he turned round and pointed and that was a special moment. I usually get too nervous to watch, I just want him to do well like any mother would."