Moeen yet to get off the mark, can he do it this over?

A flick off the pads, a clip to square leg, one left outside the off, the next straying down leg, a back-foot defensive and an outswinger which is also left alone. All six deliveries had the same outcome, no run.

Moeen has faced 19 balls.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Ben Stokes is fighting and really trying to play with control.

Nice from Stokes. Two very different looking boundaries. The first a controlled drive through mid-off, the second a crafty paddle sweep tp send the ball racing down to the fine leg boundary.

Better from England, although Stokes did have a little nibble at Maharaj, playing inside the line and lucky not to find the outside edge.

Short from Morkel and pulled nicely by Stokes to kindly offer the strike to Moeen, who perhaps isn't as thankful as you may think. Expect a lot more short stuff to the England all-rounder who looks as comfortable as a fella laying on a bed of nails.

Morkel was on the Morne (see what I did) straight after lunch, removing Bairstow courtesy of an awful shot.

Moeen, on strike, is happy to remain watchful and let the ball go past his off stump. A bit of a straighter one and it loops up in the air, falling safe where leg slip would have been. Cries of 'oohs' and 'ahhs' from the South African fielders but I don't think there was any bat on that. Another scoreless over goes by.

Dan Miles: That's 6 losses in the last 7 test matches. Might this be the worst English test side for a generation?

Zeb Bowyer: This batting is indefensible, No courage, No fight and No application. Geoffrey will have a field day. Joe, welcome to captaincy

Roger Williams: Remind me what Trevor Bayliss does?

Stokes is down. Floored. Referee is counting to 10. What a ripper from Morkel. Quick, short, angling into Stokes who tries to back away with feet off the ground and he falls on his backside.

What a ball.

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Andrew Reyes: Brain freeze by Bairstow. Wreck less.

Mr Gray: You can hear Boycott revving up in the background after that

James McHale: Forget needing new openers, I think England need a new batting coach.

In comes Moeen Ali to loud cheers from the Nottingham crowd. A fan favourite. He see's off the over without scoring.

England in danger of not seeing this out to tea.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

I can't believe I have seen that. All you need to do is dangle the carrot and they'll go for it. Dumb batting! What is he thinking? Even if it goes for four or six... that's not the point now. It's about batting time.

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So it's Morne Morkel to kick off proceedings after lunch and it's a decent second ball of the over. It keeps a tad lower than expected, squares up Bairstow and hits him high on the thigh pad.

Bairstow looks very unconvincing as he plays one onto his pads and then just manages to lean back and get under a short delivery.

Better from the Yorkshireman, who ends the over with a fine four whipped through mid-wicket.

Ben Wire: Don't agree SA's bowling is amazing; good, yes, but you'd expect someone in the top order to batten down hatches and stick in

Sandy Arbuthnot: No need to panic. Bairstow and Stokes just have to repeat their Cape Town partnership (plus a bit) and England win.

Gareth Neale: People clambering for Eoin Morgan to play test cricket again are crazy. He hasn't even played four day cricket for two years!

So that leaves Mr Bairstow and Mr Stokes at the crease. How much longer will this match last? Will we see another session? The players are making their way to the middle.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

I think of the English wickets that have fallen, Jennings and Ballance got out to balls that didn't do a great deal. But the Root and Cook dismissals were down to quick bowling from Morris.

What we need to see now is some counter-attack batting from Stokes, to give England a glimmer of hope for the rest of the series.

That shining light I was just talking about? Yeah, well someone put the flame out. That someone being Chris Morris, who has been on form this morning.

A rare Cook dismissal off a short ball. In fact it's the first time in more than two years in a home Test.

A lot of the chat this morning has focused on England’s poor batting. Let’s just take a moment to appreciate this beauty from Chris Morris to remove Joe Root.