Summary

  • Cook hits 115 on South Africa debut

  • Amla 109 - adds 202 with Cook

  • Bavuma 32*, De Kock 25* from 274-5

  • Two wickets for Moeen

  • England lead 2-0 in four-match series

Live Reporting

James Gheerbrant and Stephan Shemilt

  2. SA 35-1

    So, Moeen the partnership-breaker, although in reality Taylor must surely claim 80 per cent of that wicket. Hashim Amla is the new man.

  3. Henry Blofeld
    BBC Test Match Special

    "He's a magician in there."

  4. Mark Boucher
    Former South Africa wicketkeeper on BBC Test Match Special

    England celebrateReuters

    "That's the catch of the series so far. He was looking to attack and it got the inside edge of the bat. It's gone into his stomach, off his leg."

  5. wicket

    WICKET

    Elgar c Taylor b Moeen 20 (SA 35-1)

    Moeen Ali celebratesGetty Images

    He's done it again! Can you believe it? Moeen into the attack, Elgar looking to attack, dances down the track and flicks into the leg side. Taylor moves to cover the shot, manages to deflect the ball up off his leg and onto his stomach, and then as the ball comes down, he squeezes his thighs together like Xenia Onatopp to trap it in there and prevent it hitting the floor. After much checking of all the available angles, it's ruled a catch and Elgar has to go.

  6. Umpire review

    Has James Taylor pulled off another worldie at short leg? I think he might have, you know, but the umpires want another look...

  7. Get Involved

    #bbccricket

    Nick Johnston: Glorious weather looking from my office window in Centurion, looks like a day to bat.

  8. SA 35-0 (Broad 5-0-16-0)

    Lovely shot from Cook, getting nicely on top of the bounce and nudging a Stuart Broad delivery fine off his hips for four. He already looks a much tougher customer at the top of the order than Stiaan van Zyl. I'm told that of the 35 runs this morning, 31 have come on the leg side. The spirit of Graeme Smith lives on!

  9. Mark Boucher
    Former South Africa wicketkeeper on BBC Test Match Special

    James Anderson fieldsAP

    "There's not been much swing and the wicket has been slow. Anderson has been searching for swing but it hasn't been there. South Africa have capitalised on the bad balls."

  10. SA 28-0 (Cook 10, Elgar 18)

    Jimmy Cook, the erstwhile Somerset opener and father of Stephen, is watching on from the stands. You may remember him as the possessor of a rather fine moustache, and you'll be pleased to know the old soup-strainer is still there, albeit in slightly streamlined form these days. Young Stephen favouring a slightly more modern facial hair style, three-day stubble on upper lip and chin. He adds two to his score with an open-faced shot through backward point.

  11. Are England right to pick Woakes?

    #bbccricket

    Simon Field: Great to see @chriswoakes getting another crack. Only fair after his good display in the first Test!!

    Dan Gee: I like it when we play Woakes. Gives me hope that I might get a go, with a dodgy radar, a gippy knee and a batting average of 3.

    JacobNT-D: At this rate Footit will be on the "Best players who never played for England" list. Will he ever get a chance?

  12. SA 26-0

    Dean Elgar of South AfricaReuters

    Elgar is definitely looking the more fluent of these two batsmen this morning and Broad helps his cause by digging in a rather half-hearted bouncer that Elgar seizes on and hoicks to the cow-corner boundary. This new opening partnership have safely ticked off the first half hour.

  13. Get Involved

    #bbccricket

    Dave Payne: When you've been embarrassed on home soil in a Test series, maybe focusing on your own side's failings would be a better option.

    Rich Adams: England might have cracks, but with 5 changes SA has deep ravines akin to the Grand Canyon.

    George Gray: Poor start for Jimmy today 3 leg stump half volleys in 3 overs... Maybe AB was right?

  14. SA 22-0 (Cook 8, Elgar 14)

    Chris Woakes into the action with a sprawling, goalie-style stop at third man to prevent a four from an Elgar pull shot.

  15. Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "Last time South Africa had five changes between Tests in a single series was 1949-50 against Australia."

  16. SA 19-0

    There's a man in the crowd wearing - I think - an improvised watermelon helmet on his head. I pass no comment, merely offer it up for your information. Broad finds Cook's inside edge and the batsmen run two.

  17. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "It's going to be a noisy Test match. We've got the Barmies and someone who fancies himself as a nightclub DJ."

  18. SA 17-0

    Here's the news you don't want to hear if you're an England bowler: Dean Elgar and Stephen Cook have batted together four times in first-class cricket, and average 73.5 in partnership. Still, Test match cricket, different animal and all that. Elgar clouts another Anderson freebie to the fence for four.

  19. Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "Stephen Cook has 35 first-class centuries, the ninth most by a Test debutant. His father Jimmy is joint-second with Graeme Hick on that list, with 57. WG Grace had 62, but his career began before the first Test match."

  20. SA 13-0 (Cook 6, Elgar 7)

    Not sure about Stephen Cook's repertoire of shots, but he's certainly got the full range of opening batsman's facial expressions. There's the cheeks-puffed-out, 'ooh I say that was close' look as Stuart Broad whizzes one a little closer than expected to the top of off stump. Then we see the exaggerated, 'nowhere near my bat' look of innocence as Anderson appeals for a catch down the leg side.