Summary

  • SA need Test record 466 to win

  • Root 58, Sibley 44, Curran 35

  • Debutant Hendricks 5-64

  • Injured Philander bowls only 1.3 overs

  • South Africa 183 - deficit of 217

  • England do not enforce follow-on

  • Wood 5-46, Woakes 2-38, Stokes 2-47

  • De Kock 76, Pretorius 37

  • Fourth Test, day three, Johannesburg

  • England lead 2-1 in four-Test series

Live Reporting

Kal Sajad and Stephan Shemilt

  1. Eng 176-6

    In case you'd forgotten, Joe Root is still there. He adds a couple more singles to his name in that Paterson over. As does Curran.

    Will we see South Africa bat again today?

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    Philip Hodgkiss: Jonathan Agnew?

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    Gary Timms: I'm confused. Why would we not stick with Buttler? A dodgy spell of form, sure, but his upside offers so much. I will certainly continue to support him.

  4. Eng 172-6

    Eng lead by 389 runs

    They've both got the height, Rachel, I'll give you that.

    Anich Nortje to Sam Curran and the result is two boundaries in a row for the 21-year-old, the first far more convincing than the second.

    A lovely cover drive, on the up, then a thick edge where third slip would have been.

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  6. Steven Finn
    England bowler on The Cricket Social

    We shouldn't underestimate how talented Jos Buttler is. Quite often he's batting with the tail or looking to get on with it. Looking for him to average 40-plus is unrealistic.

  7. Eng 161-6

    England send Sam Curran in at eight, ahead of Chris Woakes again. And he slices Dane Paterson down to point for a single to get off the mark.

    We've still got an hour or so to go, with play due to end at 16:00 GMT.

  8. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Johannesburg

    It was a positive shot - he was looking to get on with it - but his feet were in cement.

  9. Eleanor Oldroyd
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    Is Jos Buttler's Test career over?

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    Buttler c De Kock b Nortje 8 (Eng 160-6)

    Buttler's series (and perhaps Test career) is over. He is looking to score runs and build on that lead but, true to a man out of form, his feet stay still. A quick and back of a length Nortje delivery outside off stump is nicked behind to De Kock.

    Will England give him another chance in the five-day game?

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  11. I hope you don't wear glasses, Will.

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    Will: More of Ben Stokes (but don't tell him)

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  13. Steven Finn
    England bowler on The Cricket Social

    That was like a footballer - I'm going to dive on the floor because I've been hit on the inside thigh.

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    Eng 158-5

    Eng lead by 375 runs

    Amazing! That caption is outstanding. And the little girl crying, what's that about?

    Nortje to Root and the England captain with an inside edge straight into the inner thigh. That looked painful. In fact, it's floored Root for a good five seconds. But he beats the referee's count and is back on his feet.

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    Geoff Dixon: Ben Stokes signing for Durham.

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  16. Back to cricketers in paintings, there's a gem coming up...

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    Dave: When to declare? I shouldn't worry too much about that now.

  18. Eng 156-5

    And Buttler is struck on the pads first ball - a huge appeal from South Africa. But he survives. It was high - and Du Plessis thinks so too as he decides against the review.

    Buttler responds with a back-foot punch for four. More of those, Jos, and you'll be on that plane to Sri Lanka.

  19. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Johannesburg

    I wonder how Jos Buttler will play. There's been a lot of talk about his immediate future.

  20. In comes Jos Buttler, a man under pressure.