Postpublished at 09:02 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2020
Five seems excessive, and that is speaking as man who ruddy loves Christmas.
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
Stephan Shemilt
Five seems excessive, and that is speaking as man who ruddy loves Christmas.
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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
Anyway, where were we?
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.
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.
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.
Daniel Norcross
The Cricket Social
We statto nerds have been waiting all our lives for this!
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.
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.
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.
Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent in Cape Town
A fantastic catch by Ben Stokes and a record-breaking one too!
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.
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.
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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19 wickets... no lbws as yet. Will we get one before all the Xmas trees come down?
Daz, in bed, Lightwater
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.
#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!
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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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
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