Rabada bowls Stokes (58) after promising partnership with Bairstow
Bairstow reprieved on 4 - third umpire controversially rules slip catch didn't carry
Root out lbw for 52 after passing 5,000 Test runs
Skipper survived edge behind on 40 when keeper failed to go for catch
De Kock takes three catches - Cook (46), Westley (29) & Jennings (17)
Graeme Smith
Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special
He's beaten him for pace. Stokes hasn't been at his best with the new ball, he's been uncertain and loose. A massive wicket for South Africa at the close of play, Stokes can do so much damage.
Stokes b Rabada 58 (Eng 252-6)
Bowled him! Oh, that's wonderful from Rabada. Stokes took two streaky boundaries off him in that over, one on the hook, one an outside edge that beat the slips, but Rabada responds in perfect fashion. Full, fast, straight, past Stokes' bat and splattering into the stumps. Rabada yells in delight as Stokes departs.
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
Stokes' and Bairstow's partnership average is 59.35. Their average for the sixth wicket is 95.4.
Here's a streaky boundary, courtesy of Ben Stokes...
A final roll of the dice for Du Plessis, as he throws the ball to Duanne Olivier. Bairstow plays and misses, which brings about a grimace from the bowler, but Bairstow just stares at the ground, before driving rather uppishly for a couple. The shadows are just starting to creep onto the wicket.
Graeme Smith
Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special
Rabada has looked a lot better today, it's been his best match of the tour. The pace and consistency has been there. He's been searching throughout the summer here in England and today we have seen the best of him.
Rabada bowls another peach, the ball holding its line and beating Bairstow as he presses forward. The amount of times he and Morkel have beaten the outside edge today. A short ball is clonked straight to the fielder at cover, before Rabada bowls an exact copy of the first ball of the over. Brilliant stuff from the seamer, and a drop-and-dart from Bairstow is the only run of the over.
Graeme Smith
Ex-South Africa captain on BBC Test Match Special
South Africa will have to fight and toil, it's not a surface where you can blast people out. At the moment, it's a hard grafting surface for both bat and ball. It's not been easy to play with freedom, bowlers have had to work.
Bairstow 22, Stokes 50
Bairstow swipes at a wide Morne ball, which Quinton de Kock dives to reach, misses, and watches it go away for four byes. That swung more than anyone was expecting, least of all de Kock, and it brings up the 50 partnership, from 112 deliveries. That's a lovely cover drive from Bairstow but the fielder chases it down and whizzes the ball back in to keep it to three.
Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
Stokes is so comfortable at the crease - balanced, confident and there's a great competitive presence that he brings to a cricket field.
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Stokes has got his old mate Rabada to contend with, and he's beaten by a cracker of a delivery, a bit of extra bounce deceiving Stokes as the ball gets pushed across the face of his bat. That's a few times now that Stokes has been caught playing away from himself, but a nicely timed push down the ground brings up his half-century! He raises his bat and punches gloves with Bairstow as a wobbly, sunburnt Old Trafford crowd get to their feet.
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Jamie Forster: Love watching Morkel bowl with the new ball. Tall but gets it nice and full, deserves a lot more wickets this series.
Dave Wood: Is Morkel the unluckiest bowler around?
Morkel 18-4-53-1
Ben Stokes promptly gets a telling off from Aleem Dar for whacking his bat into the pitch. Stokes handled that better than I would, mind. I'd have cried. Here's Morkel, three slips in place this time, and he gets Stokes to chase another wide delivery! It was a big drive from Stokes, playing away from his body, and he was lucky not to get a nibble on that. Morkel then decides he likes this game of hitting Stokes and cannons the ball into his other thigh! The poor fella hobbles down for a leg bye then chunters furiously to himself.
Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
That's hurt Ben Stokes. It missed the thigh on the right leg, his big thigh pad. It's going to be sore, that's why he whacked the ground with anger.
Image source, Getty ImagesBairstow 17, Stokes 47
Hello, here's Kagiso Rabada. And he beats Bairstow first up with a beauty, the ball just zipping past the outside edge as he tentatively prods forward. No foot movement there, and Bairstow doesn't look all that comfortable as an angled drive gets to short leg on the bounce. Ooft! There's plenty of zip on that, the ball pushed across Stokes, and it takes off as it pitches, leaving Stoke pushing at the air. And now an in cutter, and that's hurt Stokes! He thwacks his bat into the turf as he gets struck right on the thigh. Oh, that'll leave a lovely bruise. Stokes responds with a lovely whip through mid-wicket for three.
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A couple of years ago our 50 over side was playing like a Test team. Now, our Test team is playing as if it is an ODI.
Aidan from Warwickshire
Here comes Morkel, long, shuffling strides, and he draws Stokes forward but the all-rounder is playing carefully. That's an edge, though - oh, and it's just flown past where third slip should be and towards the boundary! The look on Morne's face. What a day he's had. Why Faf's only got two slips in place, with a new ball, and your best bowler in action, I don't know, but there we go. Stokes rounds of the over with a horrible hack and just about avoids edging to the keeper.
Morne's currently got figures of 16-4-47-1, which doesn't reflect how good he's been today. Can he snaffle another wicket before the 90 overs are done for the day?
Bairstow 15, Stokes 40
Maharaj tosses the ball up and a touch of extra bounce surprises Stokes, who takes a hand off the bat and drops it down rather awkwardly. As the over comes to an end, Morne jogs in, removing his jumper as he goes. New ball time.
Maharaj has his jumper off, then Faf stops him so he can check Umpire Dharmasena's watch. Looks like we'll be waiting a little longer for that new ball, as Maharaj rolls his fingers across the old one. The South Africa brains trust of Faf and Amla, meanwhile, tinker with the field, while Morne Morkel loosens up.