Summary

  • 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

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt and Phil Dawkes

  2. Eng 151-6 (Bairstow 24, Moeen 8)

    A camera down on the boundary boldly showcases a single drop of rain - the first of a few. It's spitting! It's spitting! What we need are some 1980s dinner ladies out there. They'd have everybody in. No time to think about that, though. Morkel is back. He jags one back into Moeen, drawing a half-hearted lbw shout, but it was definitely sliding down. Other than that, Moeen copes well. 

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

    "That was quite clear to me but it seems to take ages for the third umpire. That should give Bairstow a little reminder that there's no need for big drives. Bat out another 15 overs and England will be fine. I think Bairstow thought he had gone the way he reacted."

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    Pete: Your Kabbadi reference may be lost on younger fans but I like to think Bairstow scampers each run chanting 'Kabbadi...Kabbadi..'

    Ben Clarke: Is it me, or does Jonny Bairstow look a bit like the WWE's Undertaker under that helmet?

  6. Eng 151-6 (Minimum 41 overs remaining)

    Jonny BairstowAP

    Having survived that attempted stumping, Bairstow revels in his continued presence at the crease by rocking back and smashing a cut to the cover boundary for four. Table mountain is now completely cloaked in cloud. The lights have been on for a while.

  7. Bairstow survives

    Jonny BairstowRex Features

    Phew. England breath again. Bairstow is saved by the length of a toenail. The England man took his helmet off and looked very worried but after watching numerous replays and taking an agonising age, the video umpire deems safe. Paul Farbrace hammers his hands together in utter relief in the dressing room. Sit down, Broady. You're not needed. Yet.

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

    "It's very difficult to give. You have to give the batsman the benefit."

  9. Umpire review

    Jonny Bairstow survives and attempted stumpingGetty Images

    Big moment! Is this a stumping? Elgar comes into the attack and beats a drive from Bairstow before the bails are whipped off. The home side think they have their man...

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

    "I think South Africa have missed a trick here. As soon as Moeen Ali arrived, the skipper should have asked Morne Morkel for three overs. He's getting loose now."

  11. Eng 147-6 (Minimum 42 overs remaining)

    Jonny BairstowGetty Images

    Encouragingly for England, they are not just defending everything here. These two know they need to keep the scoreboard ticking. Such is Bairstow's urge to milk every run he can he slips at the striker's end after driving through cover in search of a third, drops his bat and has to "tag" in like a desperate Kabaddi player following a raid. The Yorkshire player adds three more off the last ball of Morris' over.

  12. Neil Manthorp
    BBC Test Match Special

    "I think South Africa would try to chase 180 in 20 overs, temporarily. Stiaan van Zyl is a dead man walking, so he can go out and enjoy himself. Quinton de Kock opens in limited-overs cricket. AB de Villiers is a genius and Faf du Plessis is the T20 captain."

  13. Eng 142-6

    Moeen AliRex Features

    Like Ant-man, Bavuma can get into places others fail to reach. He is as close as you can possibly get on the off side as Piedt continues to maintain the pressure on Moeen. I'm sure he'll be offering a few "encouraging" words to the England pair too. Another maiden. Another over gone.

  14. Latest scorecard

    England lead by 144

    England 142-6 after 52 overs

    Batsmen: Bairstow 15, Moeen 8

    Fall of wickets: 17-1 (Cook 8), 19-2 (Hales 5), 55-3 (Root 29), 85-4 (Compton 15), 115-5 (Stokes 26), 116-6 (Taylor 27)

    Bowling figures: Morkel 14-6-24-1, Rabada 13-2-57-1, Morris 11-4-19-1, Piedt 14-4-38-3

    South Africa first innings: 627-7 declared (Amla 201, Bavuma 102*)

    England first innings: 629-6 declared (Stokes 258, Bairstow 150*)

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  15. Eng 142-6 (Minimum 44 overs remaining)

    More Chris Morris. He veers off line badly, flicks Bairstow's pad and beats the keeper down the leg side to gift England four leg byes before allowing enough room outside off for the same man to cut for four more. Vital runs.

  17. Eng 134-6

    What's this? A huge dark cloud and the floodlights coming on. Hmmm. England can't rely on that, though. They don't deserve to be saved by weather. Piedt continues with fielders all around the bat. Bairstow capitalises on a full one to drive through cover for three, before Moeen adds two more to take the lead to 136.

  19. Eng 129-6 (Bairstow 8, Moeen 6)

    Chris Morris returns. No Day Today references now. This is too tense. Ali takes him for two and the batsman survive but that is not the main news. The main news is a man sleeping in the stands who is being thoroughly mocked by the rest of the crowd, including a fella who dances behind him with his shirt off. When all else goes to pot, take the mickey.

  20. Eng 127-6 (Minimum 47 overs remaining)

    Jonny BairstowReuters

    Bairstow came into this innings having scored 79 and 150 not out, so he's in form. But he likes freedom and that is one thing he most certainly does not have in this innings. He shows the requisite discipline to see off another Piedt over. That is three maidens on the bounce. Tick em off. One by one.