Daniel Norcross
The Cricket Social

We have an 11ft Christmas tree. I'm considering keeping it up because I don't know how to take it down.

Very solid start from Maharaj - a maiden.

Mark Ramprakash
Ex-England batsman on The Cricket Social

Maharaj does a really good job for South Africa. There is always a little bit more threat with him being a left-arm spinner.

Keshav Maharaj held down an end superbly in the first innings, not going for many and pitching in with the wicket of Joe Denly.

First look for the slow left-armer in the second innings. Will it turn?

Oosh. Joe Denly clips off his pads uppishly and the ball bounces just short of Dean Elgar at mid-wicket.

Players back out.

Vernon Philander to Dom Sibley first up.

Here we go...

Jon Hollis: Jimmy Anderson needs 19 more Test wickets for 600. Stuart Broad needs 22 more for 500. There are 91 more potential wickets available for England this winter. So, what are the chances they’ll reach those milestones a) before the summer, b) in the same Test?

So England started their second innings with a lead of 46 and Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley made decent progress.

Crawley played positively but one shot too many as he edged Kagiso Rabada behind to fall for 25.

But Sibley and Joe Denly have calmly accumulated to steer England to 52-1 at lunch, leading by 98.

Plenty more to do but the tourists very much on top as it stands.

England wasted no time getting through the last two South Africa wickets - James Anderson removing Kagiso Rabada caught behind with the first ball of the day.

The Proteas added only eight runs to their overnight total before Anderson had Anrich Nortje caught brilliantly (again) by Ben Stokes at second slip.

It's the first time an England fielder (not the wicketkeeper) has taken five catches in a Test innings.

And it meant yet another five-fer for the imperious Anderson, who now averages 23.9 since his 30th birthday and 20.67 since his 35th.

I look forward to him averaging 14 age 50.

Missed the morning session because you were trying to wrestle an old duvet cover over a Christmas tree? (Ask Elly Oldroyd).

Here's a quick recap...

Cheers Steph.

All of us here are getting rid of our Christmas trees today or tomorrow so your suggestions have been very handy.

Some of them. Some of them are truly mad.

Nyum-nyum-nyum.

I'm off to buy a duvet cover. Here's Jack Skelton.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent in Cape Town

Sibley played one remarkable shot, pinging a full ball through mid-wicket. He's very strong off his pads but has left a lot alone and gone on his own sweet way.

Alex Hartley
England women's spinner on The Cricket Social

England have left the ball well and been very sensible. I'm very happy with how they've gone about their innings so far.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent in Cape Town

England's session, no question about that. All the pressure is on South Africa, whose fast bowlers are finding it difficult running into the wind from the end they'd rather bowl from because of that crack in the pitch.

Maharaj is straight in with a maiden, but the session belongs to England.

They wrapped up the South Africa innings in quick time, then set about extending their lead.

If they have a similar session up until tea, this Test will be firmly in their grasp.