Get Involvedpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2016
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Michael Shaw: Ali gets a wicket with a ball that bounces and turns. Have SA missed a trick here with an all-seam attack?
Summary
Morris (26*) & Rabada (20*) add 42
South Africa slip from 117-1 to 225-7
Elgar 46, Amla 40, De Villiers 36
Two wickets apiece for Stokes & Finn
Every batsman reaches double figures
England lead 1-0 in four-Test series
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2016
SA 126-2 (run-rate 2.86)published at 44 overs
Image source, Rex FeaturesMoeen is round the wicket to this pair of right-handers. I can see how it improves the offie's chance of an lbw, but would bowling over not be the more attacking option? As if on cue, Moeen hits Amla on the pads and asks the question. A beardy appeal turned down.
How's stat?!published at 12:27 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2016
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician"That's three successive dismissals in the forties for Dean Elgar now."
SA 125-2 (Amla 40, De Villiers 8)published at 12:26
Removing Elgar is all well and good for England, but they're now faced with the Amla-De Villiers axis. The galloping Broad continues to hoop the ball into Amla's pads with James Taylor lurking at short leg. Good from Broad, but the shuffling Amla dead-bats from the crease.
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Neil Manthorp
BBC Test Match Special"That is a beautiful strike, and a great way to get off the mark."
SA 125-2 (Moeen 2-0-10-1)published at 42 overs
What is the knack that Moeen Ali has? It's like someone has dipped his arm in liquid gold. The seamers toil for an hour, then the spinner nips in. AB de Villiers, the new captain, is the new man, immediately dancing to belt down the ground for four. Game on. And again! This time over mid-wicket. Cavalier stuff from the skipper.
Postpublished at 12:19 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2016
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Getty Images"It turned, just enough. The bounce is above bail high and if you get a bit of movement it's just the same as having a lot of movement and no bounce. It was a beautiful delivery."
WICKETpublished at 12:17
Elgar c Bairstow b Moeen 46 (SA 117-2)
Image source, Rex FeaturesThere's the breakthrough! It's Moeen Ali, who gets one to rip away from Dean Elgar. Elgar fences at one that spits and bounces, getting a tiny tickle through to the big paws of Jonny Bairstow. England needed that and, on balance, probably deserve it.
Postpublished at 12:18 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2016
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special"England have done better since lunch - but it doesn't show in the score."
Postpublished at 12:15 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2016
Neil Manthorp
BBC Test Match Special"I can see two or three wickets here falling very quickly. Hashim Amla has been lucky."
Postpublished at 12:14 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2016
Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special"England have kept control, and if they get two or three wickets they are very much back in the match."
drinks break Drinks breakpublished at 12:13
SA 115-1
Image source, Getty ImagesBroad is swinging the ball, but Amla, buoyed by runs and freed from the captaincy, looks to be batting with a blade as wide as a door. A lovely flow of the willow through the line, taking four through the covers. Only two slips now. England will be in the hunt if they can make a breakthrough, but where is that breakthrough coming from?
Postpublished at 12:10 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2016
Graeme Smith
Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special"Anderson and Stokes have given everything after lunch and South Africa have sneaked through it. Now it's Finn and Broad, but it's going to get to the point soon where Cook is going to have to turn to Moeen."
SA 110-1published at 12:08
A double change for England (I always think a double bowling change is slightly unimaginative from the captain) as Steven Finn replaces Ben Stokes. Elgar punches off the back foot for three, but Finn the keeps Amla honest as some home fans chant in the crowd. South Africa are slowly grinding this out, making England do the hard yakka.
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End of twitter postSA 107-1published at 39 overs
Image source, Getty ImagesI'm told that Stuart Broad was under the weather before the break, with the symptoms of the stomach bug that has gone through the players and media. He opens a new spell like a man feeling dicky, banging in a half-tracker than Elgar pulls for four. He improves, though, almost pinning Amla with a big in-ducker.
get involved Caught on the hoppublished at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2016
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A few seasons ago we had a league match disrupted by rain. During the break in play one of our openers (who was still in) realised he had forgotten his phone charger. With the rain looking like it was set in for the afternoon he decided to drive home to pick it up. The minute he left the ground the rain stopped. Suddenly the umpires rang the bell and we were back on, with our opening bat nowhere to be seen! Think it went down as timed out. The man in question is a current first-class cricketer as well.
Dan Broughton
SA 102-1 (Elgar 37, Amla 35)published at 11:58
Image source, Rex FeaturesStokes is into his 11th consecutive over, a spell that has straddled lunch. Three slips and a gully for Elgar, who must have spent plenty of time watching Graeme Smith bat. The crouched, shuffly, elbowy technique is an imitation of the former skipper. Good from Elgar, nudging and running to rotate the strike.
Postpublished at 11:56 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2016
Graeme Smith
Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special"James Anderson looks more comfortable bowling at the right-handers, when he can use the outswinger. He has settled into a groove against Hashim Amla."