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The Halftime Pundit: In 14 1/2 hours you could watch 174 Shane Watson innings. Each lasting no more than the customary 5 mins. All LBW.

PtheP: What can you do in 14 1/2 hours? Get Stuart Broad to bowl Australia out 8.7 times!

I've just a replay of all of England's dropped catches. It's like watching Animal from the Muppets play the drums. Arms and legs everywhere.

Matt Dolan: With 14.5 hours you could be nearly finished 15-hour slow-cooking your pork ribs for dinner.

Jimmy Smallwood: In Salford, where BBC Cricket is based, the 14-hour Ring Cycle is on in its entirety in June.

Biker: 14.5 hours-more than enough time for Tim Peake to reach the ISS and have his bacon sarnie.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"This is the first time England have fielded for more than 200 overs since Brian Lara made his 400 in the Antigua Test of 2004 when they were in the field for 202 overs."

Shall we have a non-uniform day tomorrow? Or maybe all bring some board games in? Either that, or order a rather small, very localised earthquake at Newlands to see if we can spice up the pitch? And what about that bear we ordered? There's no sign of that. Root still round the wicket, frying-panned for four by Morris. Time for drinks. I'll have a scotch.

Graeme Smith
Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I'd try and get as close to England's total as I could and then have a go at England tonight. I think it would be nice for South Africa to declare, it sends a message. England have looked ragged and the South African team needs a strong message at the moment."

50 for Chris Morrispublished at 14:41

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Well batted, Chris Morris. He took a frightful battering from Ben Stokes when he was bowling, but the debutant has now moved to 50 in his first Test innings. He gets there with a lovely cover drive off Stuart Broad. Looking at his bowling figures, he's just 100 in debt now.

Graeme Smith
Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special

"England were quite aggressive to this pair early on, listening to the stump mics they were trying to get under Bavuma's skin, but the two batsmen have just gone about their business."

Joe Root is recalled to the attack. You know it's been a slog when a non-bowler is sending down it's 15th over. He's round the wicket - I can't remember him bowling over the wicket much in this innings. Nothing happening. Four from the over. 

Graeme Smith
Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special

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"Morris took an absolute battering from Ben Stokes when he bowled on his Test debut, a little welcome to Test cricket, but this knock will have done his confidence a lot of good."

There are 21 overs after this Stuart Broad set remaining in the day. Morris, hunting a half-century on debut, drives Broad down the ground for four. I'm told that South Africa have been batting for 14 and a half hours. If you'd boarded a flight from Heathrow at the start of this innings, you'd have reached Cape Town in time to watch the end. What else can you do in 14 and a half hours? Entertain me.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"England have kept going but in the last couple of hours it looks like the wheels have come off a bit, with all these dropped catches." 

Just imagine what it must be like to field for two and a half days. If South Africa bat to tomorrow, they will have had the same innings across four days of this match. Granted, playing cricket isn't like having a real job, but the bowling and fielding must become a bit of a grind after a while. Anderson as the sun pops behind a cloud, Bavuma slashing and missing.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

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"This is a new seventh-wicket partnership record for South Africa against England, beating Nummy Deane and Buster Nupen's 123 at Durban in 1928."

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Hmmm. It's all getting a little bit village now. Bairstow, standing back, rolls the ball at the stumps in an attempt to catch Bavuma out of his ground. If you want to stump someone, stand up, Jonathan. On the boundary, Steven Finn signs some autographs. A much better idea than bowling.

Calz McGlynn: How people can moan about this pitch is beyond me. England have thrown this game away with poor fielding.

Francis Edwards: Dropped catches have pushed England out of the game, not the pitch, not the ball. Fielding has been absolutely woeful!

James Anderson somehow summons the energy to kick in to Bavuma once more. England are hoping to frustrate the error out of Bavuma - just like they did in the last over - with a 7-2 off-side field. The problem is when Anderson gets too straight, Bavuma can work fine to nudge nearer to a maiden Test match century.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

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"Stuart Broad is in trouble here. He's booted the pitch after that dropped catch. It's not on a length but I am sure they will be having a word with him. You can't kick lumps out of the pitch. Maybe a bowler should be allowed to have one big hoof a day on pitches like this!"

For all the chat of declarations and a flat pitch, England might have had sniff in this match if they'd held their catches. How many runs have they put on the turf? 200? More?

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Bavuma tries to guide it down to third man, it goes sharp and Bairstow is slow to that. He just doesn't react and move quickly enough. It's a chance you would expect to take."