Summary

  • Sibley nears maiden Test century

  • Sibley 85* - adds 116 with Root (61)

  • Root 61, Denly 31, Crawley 25

  • Nightwatchman Bess falls to final ball

  • Two wickets for Nortje

  • SA 223 - deficit of 46: Anderson 5-40

  • Stokes five catches - England record

  • SA lead 1-0 in four-Test series

  • Second Test, day three, Cape Town

  1. Postpublished at 09:02 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Five seems excessive, and that is speaking as man who ruddy loves Christmas.

  2. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 09:01 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Text 81111

    Not to turn this into a competition, but we have 5 Christmas trees every year. A real one in the living room, a fake one in the hall and playroom and then our two kids have one in their bedrooms. We jingle all the way - and then some - in our house.

    Matthew in Epworth

  3. Postpublished at 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Anyway, where were we?

  4. Postpublished at 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Cape Town

    There is still a big bowl to come for England. Let's hope their batsmen give them a full day off today.

  5. Postpublished at 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    England's lead is 46. That feels like a lot, especially with the San Andreas Fault running down the right-hander's off stump when the bowling is from the Wynberg End.

    They'll be big favourites if they can get past 250 in this second innings.

  6. Postpublished at 08:57 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Cape Town

    England have done the job and been ruthless. There was none of the usual tail flogging it around and cutting the deficit.

    James Anderson didn't look like James Anderson at Centurion. But he's been his best self here.

  7. Postpublished at 08:56 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Daniel Norcross
    The Cricket Social

    We statto nerds have been waiting all our lives for this!

  8. How's stat?!published at 08:56 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician on The Cricket Social

    This is the 12th time a non-wicketkeeper has taken five catches in a Test innings.

    But this is the first time an England fielder has done it!

    There were 23 previous times an England fielder had taken four.

  9. That's a recordpublished at 08:55 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    As for Ben Stokes, the Venus fly trap, he becomes the first England fielder to take five catches in a single Test innings.

    No player in the history of the game has ever taken six.

  10. Five-wicket haulpublished at 08:54 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Anderson 19-6-40-5

    There was a pretty good chance that James Anderson would have been dropped for this Test.

    Now, he's holding he ball aloft as he leads England off the field.

    Form is temporary, class is permanent.

  11. Postpublished at 08:53 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Cape Town

    A fantastic catch by Ben Stokes and a record-breaking one too!

  12. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 08:51 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Nortje c Stokes b Anderson 4 (SA 223 all out)

    All over!

    Fives all round! Five catches for Ben Stokes, five wickets for James Anderson.

    Anrich Nortje pushes hard, the edge flying towards second slip, where Ben Stokes flies to his left and takes the snaffle.

    Brilliant effort from England.

    Ben StokesImage source, Getty Images
  13. Postpublished at 08:50 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Mark Ramprakash
    Ex-England batsman on The Cricket Social

    Kagiso Rabada has not been as accurate as I thought he might be. It's Vernon Philander that the England openers don't want to face. They are both not sure whether to play or leave against Philander.

  14. SA 223-9published at 08:49 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Trail by 47

    There's some eerie cloud hanging over Table Mountain, giving it a mystical, ethereal feel. Venron Philander has decided that he trusts Anrich Nortje enough to take all runs on offer. He's right to, as well. A single from the second ball of Broad's over. Pushing back four deliveries is no trouble for The Great Nortje.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 08:46 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

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    19 wickets... no lbws as yet. Will we get one before all the Xmas trees come down?

    Daz, in bed, Lightwater

  16. SA 222-9published at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Multiple Christmas trees is something I hadn't considered. Justin, the gaffer at live text HQ, has just revealed he once went to a house that had four.

  17. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    #bbccricket

    Mike Fisher: My wife brought a fake tree in the Boxing Day sales. Not to replace the real one we get every year, but as an addition to the 2020 Fisher festive household. Turns out one tree isn't enough!

  18. SA 221-9published at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Nortje gains further kudos by playing a clip through the leg side that Ricky Ponting would have been proud of. Get him up the order.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 08:43 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    Text 81111

    Chopped ours up and burned the trunk in chimenea the other day but children insisted on keeping the branches to build a den in back garden. It still lives on....

    Rob in Leeds

  20. dropped catch

    Close!published at 08:42 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020

    SA 217-9

    Should have been miles out! For some reason, South Africa try to take one from the first ball, one that isn't there. When the throw comes in from point, Nortje is miles out, but the stumps remain intact