I'd say Stonehenge takes it by a reasonable margin, but I'll give you a point for the shorts.

TravellersWrites: Will leave it to you to decide if it beats Stonehenge but heard Jimmy go while freezing under Tokyo Tower. It’s my own fault as I’m in shorts. Idiot.

Ollie Pope ends unbeaten on 61. Goodness knows where England would have been without him.

Aggers is right about the action starting now. The first innings of a Test is often like watching the first episode of a complex drama. It only makes sense when you watch the second.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent in Cape Town

Now the action starts. How good is that total? It feels 100 runs light to me.

It looks to be a good batting day on a gentle pitch.

Stonehenge is a high bar to set for a Saturday morning.

If you're following from a landmark more famous than that, let me know.

Now then, a misjudgment from Pope. When he jams Rabada into the leg side, he calls for two, but soon realises there's only one.

Anderson has five balls to face.

Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician on The Cricket Social

In 2019, England's numbers 8-11 failed to reach 50. The highest score by a lower order batsman was 41.

In 2018, the numbers 8-11 hit seven half centuries, in 2017 it was five and in 2016 it was six.

After all that, Nortje's final ball, a bouncer, is looped over mid-off like a man playing tennis with a frying pan. Single taken.

Baffling cricket, but brilliant for England

OK, can someone explain this one to me? The only fielder South Africa don't have saving the boundary is first slip. When Pope pushes Anrich Nortje into the outfield, he doesn't bother to run. So why not bring the field up? If he tries to pierce the field, that could create a chance, right?

Four balls in, the field comes up. Pope tries to hook a bouncer, lucky not to get a nick.

Schnorbitz: One of the most dramatic days of Test cricket saw Jimmy Anderson reach 268 not out as England posted a magnificent first innings score.

I think I need that idea to be expanded. Jeeves and Wooster was just before my time, but I think I get the gist. Someone to keep them in check?

Last ball of Rabada's over, Anderson is out of the blocks like Usain Bolt to pinch a single when a Pope pull trickles to square leg.

Anderson is away! A single from the first ball of the day, dug out to third man. Loud roar from the travelling fans.

Once again, South Africa retreat when Pope is on strike. Does this tactic ever work?

The players are in the middle. Glorious sunshine again in Cape Town. James Anderson has the strike and will face Kagiso Rabada, who has a ball that is nine overs old.

More from Ben Stokes, speaking to Sky Sports, on Ollie Pope: "Very impressed. He is a guy who has dominated first-class cricket. We have seen yesterday he has got a lot of different ways of playing."

England's Ben Stokes, who made 47, on Sky Sports: "We got a lot of starts, and ideally you'd want one of those guys to carry on. The thing about batting is one lapse in concentration and your day is over and done with. It's not something I can put my finger on.

"We've already spoken this morning about the modes of dismissal. It looks like pressure is going to be the way to go. You look at the way Philander and Pretorius bowled. We are going to have to operate at the top of off stump or just outside.

"I'm fully fit. The knee was just a bit of a prob in New Zealand and we've managed it quite well."

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