I'll be honest, there's not much else for me to add. Hashim Amla's finished me off too.

We'll dust ourselves down again tomorrow though, for day four. In the meantime, check out today's match report here.

Until next time... night!

England's Steven Finn on part-time off-spinner Alex Hales, who bowled three overs for two runs: "Me and Al opened the bowling together for Hertfordshire Under-12s. Hopefully we never get to a situation where we see him bowl again."

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Want more cricket? Then tune in to BBC Radio 5 live sports extra from 23:05 GMT for ball-by-ball coverage of the third day of the third Test between Australia and West Indies in Sydney.

The tourists, 2-0 down in a one-sided series, will resume on 248-7, external after rain allowed only 68 balls on day two.

Steven Finn on England's three dropped catches in the match: "It's very difficult to see at this ground. The one at mid-on, I didn't pick it up until it was halfway towards me. Sometimes people drop catches and that happens in cricket."

On the state of play: "We're still 276 runs ahead, which is a long way. I don't think you can just throw a load of slips in there. We're going to have to come back and put even more pressure on South Africa tomorrow. We're still very upbeat and chipper in the dressing room."

Michael Ly: Someone give me a stick of rhubarb and I'll make a daddy hundred on this pitch.

England's Steven Finn, who ended the day with figures of 1-82 off 26 overs, on Sky Sports: "I thought we bowled pretty well. We never let them really get away from us. We created pressure and those little chances. Unfortunately we didn't take them.

"It's been a long, hard slog but everyone has put the effort in today. If there's no swing or sideways movement, you have to play with your change of pace, your angles, and we did that well today. We just didn't get the reward."

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"It has been so difficult for England on this pitch, a great swing bowler like Anderson hasn't swung a ball, it hasn't reversed, nothing for the spinner and yet it just shows if England had caught their catches South Africa would have been in a mess." 

The chances of a result are looking slimmer by the day. South Africa still trail by 276, so England will think they can still press home their advantage if they can bowl out the Proteas in the morning. Doubtful, though.

Howard Horner: Small point but why has Broad bowled noticeably less today than any other seamer? Thought he was the leader of the attack?

Here are the England bowling figures: Anderson 24-8-53-0, Broad 20-4-54-0, Moeen 31-9-80-0,  Finn 26-3-82-1, Root 5-2-12-0, Stokes 21-3-67-1, Hales 3-1-2-0.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Amla needed a score desperately and he looked the best of all the batsmen. He was fantastic in defence; his footwork was brilliant. He isn’t a striker like Stokes; he caresses the ball. 

"When he caressed the ball it was like the old Amla. He didn’t do it very often but when he did it worked."

The day belongs to Hashim Amla though. Not for the first time, he remorselessly ground England into the dirt. He has now scored 157 runs in 371 balls, with 293 dot balls amongst that tally. A rock.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Alastair Cook tried everything: different field playing and unorthodox fielding places. He tried Hales and tried Joe Root. What else can the lad do? Don't blame the captain of England. He couldn't do any more.

"It's not over but England need to bowl them out by lunch so they've a smidgen of a chance of winning."

It's to England's credit that AB de Villiers had some uncomfortable moments. Steven Finn worked him over with some short stuff, but England should have had him caught at slip this morning. James Anderson was the culprit, off Joe Root's bowling, while Nick Compton shelled Hashim Amla at backward point. Costly in the extreme.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"It's very clear they had to look to bat all day. They had to be cautious and careful and concern themselves with occupying the crease after bad defeats and their confidence shot.

"They have two great players in Amla and De Villiers. De Villiers is the best strokeplayer in the world but he came in to do a job, and seemed to get caught in two minds. He was wanting to play shots."