Get Involvedpublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 6 August 2017
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Louis Strong: Despite being English I hope Morkel gets wickets. He deserves them - but give us a lead of 300+ first!
Summary
Moeen hits 67 off 59 balls to swing momentum
Root made 49 but failures for out-of-form Jennings & Malan
SA 226: Bavuma 46, Anderson 4-38
England 362: Bairstow 99, Stokes 58
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 6 August 2017
Eng 33-2published at 13 overs
Hameed, incidentally, is averaging 18.33 in Championship cricket this season. He hasn't made a 50 in this season.Root solidly blocks before an outside edge goes tumbling away for a single. Jennings has a little nibble at a peach of a Morkel delivery, away swing taking the ball past the outside edge. Another good over from the big fella.
Hameed fails for Lancashirepublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 6 August 2017
Image source, Rex FeaturesImage caption, Haseeb Hameed was caught at slip by Jimmy Adams
Haseeb Hameed - perhaps Keaton Jennings' closest rival for a spot in the team for the next Test against West Indies - has gone cheaply in Lancashire's County Championship match against Hampshire.
He batted for exactly one hour, making six off 39 balls before being removed by fast bowler Fidel Edwards.
You can follow all of today's county action here. Yorkshire, by the way, are 51-6 against Essex.
Eng 31-2published at 12 overs
Lead by 168
Here's Joe Root, who must be getting a bit sick of coming in with England two down for not a lot. He prods away at the pitch, doing a bit of gardening to keep Kagiso Rabada waiting, before he defends his first ball back to the bowler. Up in the England dressing room, Tom Westley watches his dismissal on a laptop, before shaking his head in annoyance. Root gets off the mark with a tight single, with Bavuma again shying at the stumps and seeing the ball flick just wide of the stumps.
Postpublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 6 August 2017
Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialThat was a mental error from Westley. He just hit the boundary, saw one full and didn't get the balance on the front foot properly.
Image source, Reuters
WICKETpublished at 11 overs
Westley c sub (Markham) b Morkel (Eng 30-2)
What Westley's done there is play the exact same shot that Cook has just played, with the exact same result. The number three had just played a glorious back foot drive for four and then tried to repeat the shot. Morkel might have just speared that one a bit fuller, and Westley obliged with the drive, where the sub fielder at gully took a mirror image catch to Elgar earlier in the innings. Gone.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 6 August 2017
tms@bbc.co.uk
As it stands both teams' spinners are leading wicket-takers for their side in this series. When was the last time this occurred in a series in the UK?
Matt in Gloucester
Eng 26-1published at 10 overs
Jennings taps the ball to Bavuma and taeks off for a run, and the resulting throw just misses the stumps! That would have been close - Jennings was sliding his bat in and it was raised off the ground, and I suspect that had that hit, he'd have been gone. Westley defends, and defends stoutly, to pick up another single, and Jennings leaves a tempter outside off stump.
Postpublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 6 August 2017
Here's what Cook will be ruminating on - this loose dismissal to end Cook's contribution to this series.
Eng 24-1published at 9 overs
Westley 4, Jennings 6
Alastair Cook is having a tiny rummage up his nose up in the dressing room. Root, sat next to him, notices the camera is on them and thwacks him on the thigh to warn him. Cook looks thoroughly unimpressed with himself. On the pitch, Morkel beats Westley with a stunner that keeps low, with the ball bouncing before reaches Quinton de Kock's tiptoes. That's just what you want to see as a batsman. Westley defends, Morkel attempts to kick it onto the stumps and ends up with the ball cannoning into his shins. Ouch. That might have added a bit of extra oomph to the bouncer that comes Westley's way.
Image source, ReutersPostpublished at 11:58 British Summer Time 6 August 2017
A special delivery has arrived in the Test Match Special box, courtesy of Julie Hall. This is utterly amazing!
Image source, Test Match SpecialEng 24-1published at 8 overs
Rabada 4-2-0-6
It's windy out there - Rabada has to abort his run up as a gust of wind blows the bails off the stumps. That's four for Jennings - full, onto the pads, and Jennings picks up a boundary with a flick of the wrist and a miniature step forward.
From the press boxpublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 6 August 2017
Eng 20-1published at 7 overs
Lead by 156
That was the 12th time Morkel has dismissed Alastair Cook, which is some record. The same man greets Tom Westley to the crease with a bouncer, which the Essex man ducks, before he chucks a big drive down that flies away for four. It was full from Morkel and Westley was aiming down the ground, but again, there was a healthy enough edge on it to take it to the third man boundary.
Postpublished at 11:51 British Summer Time 6 August 2017
Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialGood delivery again by Morkel. It was bowled a bit fuller and lured Cook into the drive. There's something for South Africa to bite on now.
Image source, ReutersWICKETpublished at 6.1 overs
Cook c de Bruyn b Morkel 10 (Eng 16-1)
That's out! That's a rubbish shot, truth be told from Cook. It was a good length delivery from Morkel and Cook shaped to drive, but instead the ball slipped off the bat and straight to gully, where De Bruyn took a good catch. That was a loose shot from Cook and it has cost him. South Africa have the early breakthrough.
Postpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 6 August 2017
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Old TraffordElgar dropped Jennings at The Oval, but Keaton couldn't make a big one. Jennings dropped Elgar, Elgar made a ton. Today?
Postpublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 6 August 2017
Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialJennings seems to always have a few lives. Even his 100 against India is now known as the 100 in which he was dropped on 0. He can't say he's been a bit unlucky, he's had a few chances to get things right. He will be feeling the heat. You have to capitalise on those lives.
Eng 16-0published at 6 overs
Lead by 152
Elgar stands, hands on hips, glaring at the ground as Jennings gets off the mark with a drive through mid-wicket. He gets a nice cheer from the Old Trafford as he and Cook jog through for a second run. That drop seems to have forced Jennings to adjust his stance and he leaves an almost identical delivery to the one that took the edge, the ball nipping through to the keeper.
Jennings dropped on 0published at 5.2 overs
Eng 14-0
Edgy from Jennings, pushing forwards, but the ball rolls all along the ground towards the slips. Oh, and now he edges up to the slips - and Dean Elgar drops it at third slip! Is that the luck he needs? It was a defensive push forwards and the ball took the outside edge nicely and Elgar, diving to his left, spilled it! Elgar was in the air but he got two hands to it, and that should have been taken.