SA 129-3published at 47 overs
Trail by 140
Root gets away with a wide loosener first up and then bowls five balls tight in on Elgar that the South Africa opener has to defend.
A maiden.
Anderson v VDD to resume.
Summary
South Africa slip from 191-4 to 215-8
Elgar 88, Van der Dussen 68
Four catches for Stokes, drops two
Anderson 3 wkts, inc last ball of day
Elgar & Van der Dussen add 117
England 269: Pope 61*, Rabada 3-68
Second Test, day two, Cape Town
SA lead 1-0 in four-Test series
SA 129-3published at 47 overs
Postpublished at 12:52 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2020
Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent in Cape TownThe ball isn't doing very much at all, but Anderson has been probing on off stump. Time and again he's beaten him. It would have been a brilliant catch from Ben Stokes. England are desperate to get the breakthrough.
Postpublished at 12:51 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2020
About 20 minutes until tea.
Joe Root is bringing himself on.
Good time for 'Golden Arm' to strike.
SA 129-3published at 46 overs
Not worth thinking about England cricket post James Anderson.
He fizzes a jaffa just past Rassie van der Dussen's outside edge for good measure last up.
Postpublished at 12:49 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2020
England's slip cordon should be a step closer in though. Loads keeping low today.
Postpublished at 12:48 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2020
Daniel Norcross
The Cricket SocialIt was an incredibly brilliant effort from Stokes. He couldn't get the fabled 'claw' underneath it.
Van der Dussen dropped on 43published at 45.1 overs
Ben Stokes is agonisingly close to an absolute stunner here.
James Anderson gets Rassie van der Dussen fending loosely and induces the edge.
The ball flies wide of Stokes at second slip and the all-rounder puts in a big dive and grabs on one-handed.
But as his right elbow lands on the ground the ball pops out of his hand and rebounds away off his chest.
SA 129-3published at 45 overs
Not really much to say about Dom Bess' bowling. Fairly tidy but unspectacular.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 12:43 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2020
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Barney: Powder puff bowling attack struggling to take wickets on a relatively flat pitch in hot overseas conditions, with a tactically inept captain letting the game drift and setting negative fields; sure we’ve been here before?
SA 127-3published at 44 overs
Elgar 68, Van der Dussen 42
It's been a poor session from England but James Anderson remains so very good.
He gets a couple to keep low that Rassie van der Dussen has to jam his bat down in time.
VDD gets in a bigger stride to counter the low bounce next up.
A fine maiden over.
SA 127-3published at 43 overs
South Africa tap Dom Bess around for three more singles.
How's stat?!published at 12:37 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2020
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End of twitter postget involved Get Involvedpublished at 12:36 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2020
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If there's such a thing as a bowling collapse then this must be it.
Carl T, Lincolnshire
SA 124-3published at 42 overs
Trail by 145
England now have two fielders in close catching positions in the covers for Dean Elgar.
James Anderson coming round the wicket to him and the left-handed opener is seeing it off easily, not tempted into the drive.
Elgar is the best top three batsman in either side and is really showing it here.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 12:31 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2020
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Re Dave in Chester, we already have a perfectly good system, it's called umpiring. They just need to do their job! Simple economics really - no benefit for the extra cost. We're far more likely that by 2030 teams will pay for using technology to do 3D printing to replace injured limbs of the best players.
Chris, Bath
SA 121-3published at 41 overs
Elgar 65, Van der Dussen 39
Too easy for both batsmen to just knock a single off Dom Bess and rotate the strike.
get involved Caption competitionpublished at 12:29 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2020
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Image source, Getty ImagesSA 119-3published at 40 overs
Superb from James Anderson, testing Rassie van der Dussen with every delivery.
Anderson brings one back in that VDD leaves and doesn't miss off stump by much.
A fine maiden over.
'The no-ball changed the game'published at 12:27 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2020
Ryan Sidebottom
Ex-England bowler on The Cricket SocialYou need a little bit of luck in Test cricket and Van der Dussen has had it. The no-ball has changed the game.
Close!published at 39.2 overs
James Anderson induces the edge from Rassie van der Dussen but the ball just doesn't quite carry to Ben Stokes at second slip.
Inches in it.