Match drawn - bad light finished play early
Hashim Amla resigns as South Africa captain
England lead 1-0 in four-match series
Bairstow and Moeen see England through
England were 85-4 and 116-6
England lead by 89 runs
England 87-4 after 32 overs
Batsmen: Taylor 23, Stokes 2
Fall of wickets: 17-1 (Cook 8), 19-2 (Hales 5), 55-3 (Root 29), 85-4 (Compton 15)
Bowling figures: Morkel 11-6-16-1, Rabada 8-0-39-1, Morris 6-2-7-1, Piedt 7-1-25-1
South Africa first innings: 627-7 declared (Amla 201, Bavuma 102*)
England first innings: 629-6 declared (Stokes 258, Bairstow 150*)
Alastair Cook sits on the England balcony, barely enough energy to chew his gum. He looks like a man who has been stood up on a date. By Scarlett Johannson.
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Rex Features"South Africa have had a wonderful morning. That third day was slow and tedious but we all knew South Africa were doing it so they couldn't lose. Now you can see a team who are rejuvenated. They are confident and it is a challenge for England."
Eng 87-4
Taylor gets through, but it has still been a pretty awful morning for England. Four wickets down and South Africa have a sniff of a win that seemed impossible this time three days ago. The tourists have to get through at least the next session to keep their 1-0 lead intact.
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Mike Bell: Spur of moment decision. 1971. Cycled 14 miles to Old Trafford for Lancs v Glos cup semi final. 9pm finish, Hughes heroics. Yes!
Terry Mahoney: '79, left work early to get 6pm train home to Cumbria. Got into Edgbaston for an hour on way to station. Saw Gower get to 200
Steve Bell: In St Johns Wood for a course in 1991 that finished early, Lords open, Gower and Robin Smith batting Hants to victory
Last over before lunch coming up. Morkel to Taylor. One more and South Africa might be favourites to win.
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Ben Henderson: Why does none of this surprise me
PtheP: Take out the Stokes/Bairstow partnership (& maybe some dogged bowling) & this has been a poor test for England
Paul D: games like this remind us that the reason the world exists is to provide somewhere for us to play cricket.
This wasn't a difficult chance to Du Plessis, but it has made me think of the difference between the two sides. If England do lose this match, they have to think of their catching. South Africa have held everything, including some worldies, while England couldn't catch a cold. Ben Stokes, who has spent some of this match walking on water, is the new man.
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Rex Features"That was a poor shot. You could see from here he was just tossing it up. You either defend or attack, one or the other. That is just a getting out shot. He just flicked at it. How many times have we said that England get themselves in trouble with the top order?"
Compton c Du Plessis b Piedt 15 (Eng 85-4)
Image source, Getty ImagesNick Compton, what have you done? After battling through, this is a horrible way to go. A little slower from Dane Piedt, but nothing threatening. Compton, though, is through the short too quickly and chipping straight to Faf du Plessis at short mid-wicket. It's a soft, soft way to go and England, after a recovery of sorts, are back in the soup.
TMS@bbc.co.uk
Flew to Karachi in 2000 after row with girlfriend, sat through 4 days of total boredom (and with tummy ‘issues’) but ended up seeing Thorpe and Nasser take us to a memorable victory in almost total darkness – I couldn’t see the winning runs, just the guys running off the pitch fist pumping!
Andy - Englishman who lives in Cape Town (unless we lose this match)
Image source, APMorne Morkel returns, rubbing the ball's vocal chords and asking it to sing Nessun Dorma. Taylor, perhaps still reflecting on that reprieve, doesn't know if it's lunch time or last orders. Beaten on the inside edge, beaten on the outside edge. The England number five gets through and is within 10 minutes of a brew and a biscuit.
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"It was the force of the fall that knocked the ball out. It is so hard to take those. You are focusing so hard on getting your fingers round the ball, you don't anticipate the fall. It was a wonderful effort."
Eng 85-3
It would have been a worldie, but Kagiso Rabada has given James Taylor a life. Just when Taylor was looking comfortable, he top-edges a sweep off Piedt to short fine leg. Rabada, diving behind himself, goes full length and actually has ball in his right claw. The force of his landing dislodges the leather and sends it to the turf. Big let-off. Big moment.
TMS@bbc.co.uk
Last match of the school season, injuries and exams kept us short, so I was asked to field (stand on the boundary and hope the ball stays away). One of the bowlers fell and twisted an ankle, and the captain asked me to bowl one over so we could get to the end of the match, with the warning "Don't do too much damage". My little dobbly leg-breaks took three wickets in four balls, won the match, and that's my entire cricket career. 0.4 - 0 - 0 - 3. Forever...
Paul
Richard, that is an excellent tale, not least because a camel festival sounds like all sorts of fun. What happens at such an event? Does it have headliners, like Glastonbury? A particularly famous camel closing things on the main stage? Still Morris, his hair drenched in sweat. Compton, a man you would trust to push your grandma's wheelchair, continues to prod forward to repel a full length.
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Image source, Getty ImagesI was visiting the camel festival in Pushkar, Rajasthan in 2008. The PA announced that participants were required for an India vs Rest of the World T20 in the main arena. I willingly volunteered with 3 Aussies, a Kiwi, and a Scot who all played to some extent, and 4 Israeli’s and a Brazillian who’d never heard of the game. Rolled desert surface. Tennis ball. Camel at long off. We took the Indians to the last over, but home advantage, and some unorthodox Israeli bowling, told in the end.
Richard Francis
Image source, Rex FeaturesTake that! James Taylor bites back, dancing to belt Piedt back over his head for six. Immediately, Amla drops mid-on back to the fence. Don't do that Hashim, that's exactly what he wants you to do. As a shadow swoops down the track, Taylor squeezes a couple more through the off side. This stand is now worth 38.
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"There is a mid-on and mid-wicket, England are three down and Taylor is still in single figures. A ball like that from Morris is why you have a short leg in."
Image source, Rex FeaturesJames Taylor is hopping around like a man in a cartoon Western. You know the one, when the bad guy fires at his feet and orders him to dance. It's aggression from Morris, who gets one to climb at the diminutive right-hander, smashing into the gloves. Taylor, all shuffly at the crease, often gets himself into odd positions. This time the blow has caused him to drop his bat.