Summary

  • England clinch win with 8.2 overs left

  • Four-match series level at 1-1

  • Stokes 3-35 - last three wickets

  • Eng take five wickets in final session

  • Debutant Malan 84 (288), De Kock 50

  • Van der Dussen 17 off 140 balls

  • SA were chasing Test record 438

  • Anderson has suspected side injury

  • Second Test, Cape Town, day five

  1. get involved

    Waiting for a cricketerpublished at 10:30 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Text 81111

    Brian Close didn't sign autographs but instead (at Kidmore End CC in the mid-70s) offered precise instructions on where the book and pen should be stored.

    Duncan, London

  2. SA 170-4published at 10:30 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Sam Curran with the last over before lunch...

  3. get involved

    Waiting for a cricketerpublished at 10:30 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Text 81111

    In the 1980s I went to Kidderminster as a youngster to watch Worcestershire. Ian Botham made someone bring him a chair and he sat and autographed for about 45 minutes. Legend. John Morris told me if he signed for me he would have to sign for everyone.

    Andy, Birmingham

  4. SA 170-4published at 10:29 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    65 overs remain

    The England fans clap in unison, Ben Stokes joins in from second slip. They cheer as Anderson runs in, but Malan spoils any sense of anticipation with the front-footed defence that we have already seen umpteen times. England might need a digger to remove him.

  5. Postpublished at 10:27 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Cape Town

    I think Joe Root wants James Anderson to bowl from this end but also wants Stuart Broad to bowl from this end as well, hence why Sam Curran took the new ball.

  6. SA 170-4published at 10:26 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Here's James Anderson. He's switched to the Wynberg End, so has the crack to aim at. This may be the world's most talked about crack, but it hasn't done anything naughty for a while.

  7. get involved

    Waiting for a cricketerpublished at 10:25 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Text 81111

    When I was about 10 or so a group of us at Northampton asked Geoffrey Boycott for his autograph. He said, 'after the match'. I told my mother this, who is from Yorkshire. End of the match 20 of us queued by his car, Boycott said he didn't have time, my mother took his keys and leant on the door and told him you promised these lads after the game. He got his car keys back after he signed everyone's book.

    Anonymous

  8. SA 169-4published at 10:24 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Malan 83, Van der Dussen 0

    No sign of movement yet for the younger Curran brother. It's all angled across Malan from left-arm over, with nothing coming back towards the right-hander. Did they pick the right ball out of the box? Can they send it back? Maybe two more overs before lunch.

  9. Postpublished at 10:21 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Ryan Sidebottom
    Ex-England bowler on The Cricket Social

    Sam has not bowled a great amount of overs in the second innings. They should've gone back to Jimmy and Broady.

  10. new ball

    New ballpublished at 10:21 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    SA 167-4

    The new ball is removed from its clear plastic bag. It won't be Broad or Anderson, but Sam Curran. He's not been seen all morning. Swing?

  11. Postpublished at 10:20 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Adam Mountford
    BBC Test Match Special in Cape Town

    Newlands not totally full today. But the grass banks are rammed again as spectators enjoy the Cape Town sunshine. The England fans out number the locals today with many making the most of their last day in South Africa before returning to the cold of the UK.

    Cape TownImage source, BBC Sport
  12. SA 167-4published at 10:19 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Toby Tarrant was talking about the live text on his Radio X breakfast show this morning. Got me very excited as I was driving to work. Stokes has Van der Dussen hoping around, staring hard at the batsman at the end of his follow-through. Van der Dussen, not wanting to talk, has a wander to short leg. Eighty overs complete. New ball?

  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 10:17 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Text 81111

    Which blue tick celebrity got in touch for the Faf wicket to fall?

    George, Leamington

  14. SA 167-4published at 10:16 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    67 overs left

    Almost a hint of a misjudgment from Malan, who leaves one off Bess that comes back more than he expected. When it hits the back leg, England appeal, but it's still not doing enough to hit the stumps. With the new ball due, that might be the end of Bess for a little while. Either that, or England will wait until after lunch.

  15. SA 165-4published at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Pieter Malan remains. How England would love to remove him. Quinton de Kock next. A fine player, but not one you associate with saving Test matches. Rassie van der Dussen got plenty of earache in the first innings and he's already getting some advice from Ben Stokes. The new ball is due in two overs.

  16. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 10:09 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    #bbccricket

    Matthew Neve: Denly didn’t do a Denly!!! Get in!

    Bloody Bishop: Good old safe hands Denly.

  17. SA 164-4published at 10:08 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Target 438

    Du Plessis couldn't have picked out Denly more perfectly if he had thrown it to him. There are tweets coming in referencing Denly's drop in New Zealand. He's actually got a brilliant pair of hands. Remember that catch during the Lord's Ashes Test off Tim Paine? Rassie van der Dussen is the new man.

    Faf du PlessisImage source, Getty Images
  18. Postpublished at 10:07 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Cape Town

    What a gimme that was with the new ball just around the corner. Amazing that Faf du Plessis should get out in that way. Perfect timing for England.

    Faf du PlessisImage source, G
  19. Postpublished at 10:07 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on The Cricket Social

    A lovely bit of bowling. That's happened because they brought silly point in so he can't just risky tapping it into the off side in defence. So Du Plessis takes on the sweep and picks out the man.

  20. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 10:04 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2020

    Du Plessis c Denly b Bess 19 (SA 164-4)

    Huge moment!

    A massive wicket for England, gifted to them by the South Africa skipper.

    Faf du Plessis aims a sweep at Dom Bess, but he's not over the ball and finds Joe Denly at a strange square leg/mid-wicket position.

    From nothing, England have an opening before the second new ball.

    Dom BessImage source, Gett