Cook 67*, Root 31*
Rabada removes Hales & Compton
Compton lbw to one that kept low
SA: De Kock 129*; Stokes 4-86
England lead 2-0 in four-match series
Morkel lbw Stokes 0 (SA 475 all out)
Image source, Getty ImagesAnd it's all over. Stokes goes from short to very, very full, pinning Morkel flush on the front foot with an inswinger from round the wicket. The umpire's finger goes up and Morkel limps off.
Stokes continues. The barrage of bumpers continue. Ooh, did Morkel glove that down the leg side? Nope. He survives a muted appeal.
There might have been some sort of message sent down to the batsmen at the end of that Anderson over. Is the declaration imminent?
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
Image source, Reuters"Two of South Africa's three centuries in this innings have been maiden Test hundreds. The last time that happened for them was in 1955."
South Africa captain AB de Villiers is leaning back in his chair in the dressing room looking like a man on a sun lounger. The perfect spot to admire De Kock lashing Anderson, now adopting a very-wide-of-off-stump tactic, over point for a one-bounce four. Crunch.
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Ashley Paul: So Jos Buttler looks the better keeper but Bairstow appears to be a better Test batsman. Decisions, decisions...
Thomas Stirk: Finn has become such a vital part of this attack look average without him, Wood, Broad, Finn, Stokes in the 1st test this summer
Bhavin Shah: Won the Ashes and then flopped in final test. Won this series and again flopping in final test. Not good from England!
That ninth-wicket partnership was worth 82 in 26 overs. No wonder England's overriding emotion after the wicket was relief rather than joy. Morne Morkel is the new man, described by one of my colleagues as the best number 11 in world cricket.
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
Image source, Getty Images"England barely celebrated that wicket."
Piedt c Bairstow b Stokes 19 (SA 468-9)
Finally! Stokes makes the breakthrough and Piedt's doughty innings is over. Trying to force one that is too close to him and bounced more than he expected, he edges behind. Bairstow, for once, holds on to the catch in front of his face. Stokes' celebration is muted, to say the least.
Anderson manages to limit South Africa to a couple of singles off the over, but it says much about England's plight that that represents some sort of success. At what point do South Africa think about declaring?
James Anderson, nursing figures of 1-83 on an already chastening tour, is thrown the cherry. Thanks, skip.
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Peter Briggs: Why can't England keep ever keep their foot on the gas? Fielding that would shame a club team. 5 out of 10 so far is generous.
England aren't happy with the ball, which has been battered out of shape by De Kock. Another batch is brought out and we have a change. Will this stem the flow of South African runs?
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Stokes into his 25th over. England not sure where to bowl to the left-handed De Kock - he's scoring at will. Short? He pulls. Full? He works off his toes. Shorter still? He hooks from above his head to move to 122 - at quicker than a run a ball.
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Good news: the camera is working. A weight off, I'm sure you'll agree. One run off the final three balls of the over. That'll be the last we see of Moeen for a while...
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