Summary

  • Cook & Hales survive six overs

  • Bavuma 102* - maiden Test century

  • First black African to score Test ton for SA

  • Amla 201, Du Plessis 88, Morris 69

  • England drop eight catches in innings

  • England lead 1-0 in four-match series

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt

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

    "You've got to give Broad credit, it nipped back. You have young Bavuma in now so England have got a really good opportunity to get a double break." 

  2. SA 439-4

    Stuart BroadGetty Images

    Well done, Broad. But even greater credit goes to Hashim Amla, who has gone a long way to saving this game for his side. As markedly different a double century to Ben Stokes' as you could wish to see, but equally valuable.

  3. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    Hashim AmlaRex Features

    "What an effort by South Africa's captain, under so match pressure and having barely scored a run in recent matches, that's what these top-class sportsmen can do."

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Amla b Broad 201 (SA 439-4)

    Hashim Amla is bowled by Stuart BroadGetty Images

    Finally, it's over. England break through. Amla is gone. I can't quite believe what I'm seeing. Broad from slightly wider on the crease and Amla is bowled via a thick inside edge on to leg stump which sends the bail flying. Maybe the silent treatment works after all...?

  5. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "I wonder how James Taylor feels getting a first-ball duck in this match? His parents came out to watch this Test too."

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

    "That was a hard chance. Taylor just came up and then had to go down, it was just too quick for him."

  7. dropped catch

    Amla dropped on 201

    Stuart Broad reacts to another dropped catchRex Features

    Are we adding that to the list of dropped catches? Why not? Amla works off his legs and James Taylor, who has spent countless overs under the lid at short leg in this match, can't quite cling on by his bootlaces. Tough. Very tough. Stuart Broad, the unlucky bowler, has his head in his hands.

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    Nick Pratt: Suddenly man of the match starts to look interesting. Which is best, fastest 200 or slowest 200? Context is everything  

  9. SA 438-3 (trail by 191)

    Stuart Broad and Alastiar CookAFP

    Now this has made me chuckle. It seems James Anderson has been given a telling-off by umpire Aleem Dar for saying something out of turn, and in protest England captain Alastair Cook is refusing to speak, giving his fielders instructions using only finger pointing and arm waving. When Anderson bowls a good ball, there's not a peep from the slips, just a clap of the hands.

  10. Bear attacks

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    Jonno in Nottingham: Gentle Ben was a black bear although some of the bears which were used were brown so they had to spray them black.

  11. South Africa avoid follow-on

    SA 434-3

    Faf Du PlessisGetty Images

    If Anderson found sideways movement, Broad is getting extra lift. Amla does well to fend one behind square on the leg side before Du Plessis pulls with power and poise for four. The follow-on is avoided. Phew.

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    Russell Hayes: This pitch is simply not suitable for a pure test of bat AND ball. No spectacle. That's what the game is all about.

    Rachel T: Can we get a couple of bears to bring the drinks on? That might liven things up a bit.

  13. SA 428-3

    Stuart BroadReuters

    Stuart Broad, Anderson's partner in crime, shares the new conker. After directing his fielders with some Madonna-style dance moves, he has Amla swaying out of the way of a well-directed bouncer first up.

  14. Bear attacks

    #bbccricket

    Thomas Bolton: Running at top speed from the Carpathian mountains a bear could be in Cape Town in 452 hours, challenge set Amla?

  15. SA 428-3 (Amla 200, Du Plessis 81)

    What has it come to when a ball that deviates fractionally off the straight is a moment to rejoice? Given that England have managed only two wickets in five sessions, we'll take it. A maiden to get us under way after lunch.

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

    "There's a crack down the middle of the pitch maybe another set of stumps outside the off stump. That one from Anderson just hit that and moved, not a great deal, but a bit."

  17. new ball

    New ball

    SA 428-3

    Time for the third new ball. James Anderson has it. And, lo and behold, it swings! It's gentle, but it's a start.

  18. Bear attacks

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    Mike in Cheshire: Best survival advice if you have to go walking in bear country would be to go with Geoffrey. You'll never outrun the bear but that's OK, you only have to outrun Geoffrey...

  19. SA 428-3 (trail by 201)

    Right, the players are back out. First things first - South Africa need two runs to avoid the follow-on, although the chances of them not making it are slimmer than the prospects of England enforcing it if they did.

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    Manc v Food: How can Boycs have this argument when he played like this every time he played the game? This is Test match cricket.

    Harry O'Haye: Will this pitch be reported by the match referee? Three-and-a-half days - 9 wickets - over a 1,000 runs. Trent Bridge was reported for less.