Summary

  • Elgar & Erwee survive 9 overs

  • England 415-9 dec - lead of 264

  • Foakes 113*, Stokes 103, Bairstow 49

  • Stokes & Foakes add 173 for 6th wkt

  • Nortje 3-82, Maharaj 2-78

  • Second Test, day two, Old Trafford

  • Today at the Test, BBC Two, 19:00 BST

  1. Postpublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Now Ben Foakes has got to his hundred there's no need to dig in. Not sure England will declare conventionally as such, just keep swinging for this ninth wicket until it falls then that will be then they go in.

  2. Eng 413-8published at 106 overs

    Ben Foakes and Jack Leach make hay with a series of singles off Lungi Ngidi.

  3. Postpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Here's how Ben Foakes reached his second Test century.

  4. How's stat?!published at 17:29 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Andy Zaltzman
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Ben Foakes has done something that no England wicketkeeper has done in 117 Tests. He has scored a century after keeping wicket. All the other centuries have been batting first. Matt Prior was the last to do it at in Auckland 2013.

  5. Eng 407-8published at 105 overs

    Lead by 256

    Jack LEACH!

    Leach whips out a reverse sweep and with a technique known only to him, somehow manages to smack the ball over extra cover for four. Shot!

  6. Postpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    His bat was on the line just before the stumps were broken.

  7. Not outpublished at 104.2 overs

    That is an excellent stretch from Ben Foakes, who had come dancing down the pitch.

    As you were.

  8. Umpire reviewpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Now then, has Foakes been stumped?

    I think he's managed to dive home, but we're going upstairs.

  9. Eng 402-8published at 104.1 overs

    Ben Foakes goes for a big strike down the ground off Keshav Maharaj and somehow manages to avoid two fielders, with the ball trickling to a halt before the boundary rope.

  10. Postpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    A great day for anyone called Ben.

  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    #bbccricket

    Ben Lovett: A double Ben century, on my birthday. Lovely stuff for the Ben community.

  12. Eng 400-8published at 104 overs

    Lead by 249

    Oh, Jack Leach! That'll be four! A hearty swing of the bat and a thick outside edge brings up 400 for England.

    Leach is promptly beaten by the ball of Ngidi's over.

  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    #bbccricket

    Piemontemio: I'm with Bob Hawkins (17:11) - why declare? I can't see where 400 for South Africa is coming from, so just keep batting to make our last innings run-chase a formality...

    Avirup Chaudhuri: Has an England innings ever before featured centuries by players with rhyming surnames?

  14. Postpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Lungi Ngidi will replace Anrich Nortje.

  15. Eng 396-8published at 103 overs

    Jack Leach sees out the remainder of Keshav Maharaj's over.

  16. Postpublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Vernon Philander
    Former South Africa bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    South Africa will be keeping an eye on overs left this evening. There's about an hour left and there's nothing worse as an opener in the field waiting to bat like this.

  17. Postpublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Jack Leach is coming out to join Ben Foakes.

    James Anderson, meanwhile, hasn't got his batting gear on. He's actually doing a crossword with Joe Root. Real father and son vibes.

  18. Postpublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    A shake of the head from Ollie Robinson. We might not need a declaration.

  19. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 102.3 overs

    Robinson c Markram b Maharaj 17 (Eng 395-8)

    That's a nice bit of bowling from Keshav Maharaj, taking the pace off, and a prodding Ollie Robinson can only edge to Aiden Markram at slip.

  20. Postpublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 26 August 2022

    Vernon Philander
    Former South Africa bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It's been a phenomenal effort from Foakes when his team needed it. He's managed to steer England clear of any sort of danger.

    Having been frustrated a couple of balls earlier, Foakes took full advantage of the short, wide ball.