I still think this game is heading for a draw and we will be moving on to Test three with England holding a 1-0 lead. But you can never 100% rule out England's ability to implode. Time for Ben Stokes to show some grit to go with his first-innings gold.

Cheers Steph. You go have a blow down at fine leg, lad. Well, knowing I'd be stepping in at this point in the day, I firmly expected to be describing a dull middle session en route to a nailed-on draw. But thanks to some good South African bowling in helpful conditions and some more poor top-order batting from England and we've suddenly got some drama on our hands.

Right then, lunch is drawing to a close. Phil Dawkes has slipped into the seat next to me. He'll talk you through the afternoon session. 

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Firdose Moonda of Cricinfo: "I didn't think Hashim Amla would give the captaincy away, because there aren't too many candidates. Hashim has a sense of duty and not too much of a choice. He looked strained before this Test match. When he called them in for the declaration yesterday, that expression had changed."

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Dean Wilson of the Daily Mirror: "It's important to remember that not every keeper takes every chance. Jonny Bairstow has bought himself some time to learn more about the discipline. Even Alec Stewart said he didn't feel like he'd done the job properly until the second half of his career."

Jonathan Agnew
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"There were some lovely lines coming out about the Stokes innings. On the first evening, he had 40 and Bairstow told him to get to the close. Stokes told him to go away because he wanted a hundred that night."

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The Independent's Stephen Brenkley: "I spoke to a white coach earlier in the tour. I won't name him or the place. He told me that cricket is still not a game for Black Africans. I couldn't believe what he was saying."

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Cricinfo Firdose Moonda: "My audience is international and I have had to explain a South African issue to a wide group of people. It's offensive to some people, but to us it's normal. Black Africans are the people that have most been discriminated against. Now they have a hero."

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The Independent's Stephen Brenkley: "It's possible that in 25 years time England come to Cape Town over the new year to play five T20s, rather than a Test match."

Firdose Moonda of Cricinfo: "Not possible. We've had a great crowd here and we should get one in Johannesburg."

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Daily Mirror's Dean Wilson: "People have become very impatient. Test cricket has to find a way to entertain and capture people's imagination. The Ben Stokes innings was just about the most exciting innings you'll ever see in any format and then there was the amazing accumulation and concentration of Amla."

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The Independent's Stephen Brenkley: "What a game! I still take the draw as favourite and England could even win it, but never take Test cricket for granted."

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Test Match Special has assembled it's traditional fifth-day journalists' panel. The Independent's Stephen Brenkley, Dean Wilson of the Daily Mirror and Firdose Moonda of Cricinfo are in conversation with Jonathan Agnew.

Geoffrey Boycott
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"South Africa will be buoyed. They were annihilated in India and came back so disappointed. Then England walloped them in Durban. There has been doom and gloom, but since the rearguard action of that third day and then yesterday afternoon with Bavuma's hundred, the crowd are enjoying it. The confidence is up. Even if they don't win the whole nation and team are ready for England. Game on now."  

Mat Riches: Spur of the moment decision yesterday...putting the £9.55 spare change in my online betting account on South Africa. 40/1. Gulp.

Geoffrey Boycott
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"England must bat to tea and then it depends on how many runs. If Morkel can bowl one or two leg cutters and the ball has swung, what about Jimmy Anderson? If this South Africa attack can get it to swing, surely he can? England could make it more difficult."

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Robert: Quick, somebody get Graham Onions on a flight to Cape Town