Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"England are in a mess. It's as simple as that. They have got some serious batting to do now to get through this Test match."

We're five minutes away from some action...

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"That South Africa score in the first innings was probably about 180 too many - it was poor from England. Those dropped catches were critical. Had they been taken England wouldn't be batting with the pitch playing like it is now."

Bertie: This is a situation where if Stokes plays as he normally does and gets out cheaply it won't look pretty.

Trailing by 243 or 43, I can't imagine Stokes or Moeen will curb their naturally aggressive game. On a pitch where batsmen might get the odd unplayable ball, it's probably a pretty sensible approach, but England can't afford to be reckless. They're not even halfway to South Africa's total yet.

Michelle, Cheltenham: I was in Melbourne over Christmas. Went to the Boxing Day Test and Big Bash. T20 great for kids and families, but it's a forced atmosphere with the MCs pleading with the crowd to cheer for their team it was just annoying! The Test was much more enjoyable, in spite of the West Indies mediocre cricket. Big Bash is like a takeaway - great at the time but not as satisfying.

Just to recap where we're at in this Test, England will resume at 12:15 GMT on 232-6, trailing South Africa by 243. Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali have added 21 in the 4.5 overs possible since lunch, but not without the occasional alarm.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Australia have got the Big Bash spot on - the marketing, the TV, the timings..."

I must admit, that was rather good timing for us to catch the end of the Big Bash final. And what a finish too. That's two last-over finals in a day after Sydney Thunder won the women's showpiece earlier. So Sydney do the double. Whatever your take on Twenty20 cricket, you can't argue with the fact that the competition has gone down a storm in Australia.

Indeed we will have some play soon - at 12:15 GMT to be precise.

Scotty Reynolds: The cricket gods in all their wisdom have put the SA/Eng Test match on hold so everyone on the planet can watch the BBL final.

We have good news: the covers are coming off in Centurion. Could we have some play soon?

The MCG is clouded in firework smoke and Mike Hussey, captain of Sydney Thunder, is grinning from ear to ear as he gets interviewed. "I can't believe it," he says. Astonishingly, that is only the Thunder's 11th win in five years of the Big Bash. They finished fourth in the eight-team league this year.

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Game. Over. Ben Rohrer launches Worrall over long-on for a six and Sydney Thunder have won the Big Bash. Three wickets in hand, three balls to spare. Breathtaking stuff.

Dot. Drive to mid-off. No run. Throw misses. Almost a run-out.

Two off the first ball. Two needed off tie. Surely the Thunder's game.

Single for Ben Rohrer. Four needed off the last over - to be bowled by Daniel Worrall.

Make that seven off 10. A wide, then a four and a couple from Chris Green leaves the Thunder as firm favourites. 170-6 chasing 177.

Meanwhile, in the Big Bash final., Sydney Thunder need 14 off 12 balls to beat Kevin Pietersen and Luke Wright's Melbourne Stars at the MCG.

With no cricket in South Africa, let's switch our attention, shall we?