Summary

  • South Africa reach 289-7 at the close with a lead of 124

  • Jansen and Maharaj put on crucial 72 runs for seventh wicket late on

  • Maharaj hits 49-ball 41 before being caught off Stokes (3-53)

  • South Africa slipped from 160-2 to 210-6 after tea

  • Having begun day on 116-6, England dismissed for 165 in morning session

  • Pope makes 73 but becomes one of Rabada's five victims - his first five-wicket haul at Lord's

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  1. Postpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    It wasn't an immediate review, an 'I've hit it' review.

  2. Postpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    It looked pretty straight from here but we're way up in the gods.

  3. South Africa reviewpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Has Ben Stokes done it again? He traps Rassie van der Dussen lbw - but van der Dussen reviews.

  4. How's stat?!published at 17:25 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Andy Zaltzman
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Marco Jansen has never batted as high as six in his first-class career. He has spent most of his career at eight with a few innings at nine.

  5. Postpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Oh, England have managed to get the ball changed!

    Only taken them five attempts or so.

  6. Postpublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Ben Stokes is going to carry on bowling, anyway.

  7. Postpublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Ben Stokes is still holding that knee stood at mid-off.

  8. SA 192-4published at 56 overs

    Hmm. Ben Stokes didn't look thrilled about his knee at the end of that over. He fielded a little awkwardly earlier in the day and looked as though he'd tweaked it a touch.

  9. Postpublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    I don't think I have seen such a change in the field from one over to the other.

  10. Postpublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    This is odd as we have a new batsman and there's no slips. We had five not so long ago.

  11. SA 192-4published at 55 overs

    Lead by 27

    There's no slips in for the new batter, which is one of the many strange fields Ben Stokes has set for himself so far.

    A single brings Rassie van der Dussen on strike and he does wonderfully well to turn and pull the ball for four.

  12. Postpublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    The towering figure of Marco Jansen has come out to bat.

  13. Postpublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    A cracking short ball angling into the left hander.

    It worked against New Zealand a couple of times when things went a bit flat and it has worked here.

  14. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 54.2 overs

    Erwee c Foakes b Stokes 73 (SA 187-4)

    The bouncer works!

    That is a very, very good short ball from Ben Stokes, who didn't quite get it right in the previous over. Dug in, aimed at the body, and a contorted Sarel Erwee can only fend the ball up into the air. Ben Foakes jogs back and settles himself well to take the catch.

  15. Postpublished at 17:12 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That was a shot of some authority from Rassie van der Dussen, who hasn't always looked comfortable facing Jack Leach.

  16. SA 185-3published at 54 overs

    That's a better shot from Rassie van der Dussen, getting down low early on and sweeping Jack Leach nicely for four.

  17. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

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  18. SA 181-3published at 53 overs

    Lead by 16

    Ben Stokes decides to try out some of his patented short ball theory, with six men on the leg side, waiting for the top edge.

    I'm never a massive fan of this tactic, which seems to just do a good job of exhausting Stokes rather than taking a wicket, but I guess sometimes you do just need to try something different.

    A fine falling stop by Ollie Pope at short leg stops Sarel Erwee nabbing a single, and that's another maiden for Stokes.

  19. Postpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 18 August 2022

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    It's happening for Leach. He has got into a good rhythm, there's spin, there's turn, the odd one to the left-hander is keeping low like that one.

    He just has to keep that pressure on.

  20. SA 181-3published at 52 overs

    Sarel Erwee hoicks Jack Leach over deep mid-wicket and only a terrific sliding stop by Alex Lees stops him picking up four.

    Ooft! Another miscued shot, this time the ball coming off the bottom of the bat, somehow avoids the stumps, before he and Rassie van der Dussen jog a single.