Summary

  • Sciver & Davidson-Richards hit centuries as England recover brilliantly to close on 328-6, leading by 44

  • Sciver ends on 119*, Test debutant Davidson-Richards caught for 107 off final ball of day

  • Hosts were 121-5 after lunch in reply to South Africa's 284

  • Jones bowled by spinner Mlaba for a duck, Captain Knight (8) run out

  • Bosch also traps Beaumont (28) lbw & bowls Lamb (38) after England openers put on 65

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  1. 100 runs

    Eng 101-3published at 35.2 overs

    Wide and a little short as well from Sekhukhune - and Dunkley is not going to miss out. Hammered away through the offside for four. That's the 100 up for England.

  2. Postpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    Georgia Elwiss
    England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Nadine de Klerk has done well here, she's keeping it simple and kept the stumps in play.

  3. Eng 97-3published at 35 overs

    Sciver drives confidently, time and again throughout the over, but without reward as she is unable to beat the in-field. Maiden over from De Klerk.

  4. Postpublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    Georgia Elwiss
    England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    I was a victim of a Test match run out here in the Ashes. Amy Jones was the one who called it.

    Still not over it.

  5. Postpublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    That is the third time Heather Knight has been run out in Test matches. She has only been dismissed 15 times in total.

  6. Eng 97-3published at 34 overs

    Good over from Sekhukhune, just a single from it, as he gets the ball shaping in nicely to the two England right-handers.

  7. Postpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer at Taunton

    Who irons their training kit?!

  8. Postpublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    Georgia Elwiss
    England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    I saw Dunks last night. I had to show her how to iron her training kit because it just come out of the wash.

    She didn't have a clue what to do so I had to give her a tutorial.

  9. Eng 96-3published at 33 overs

    Dunkley has started well here, punching the ball through mid-on again for another couple.

    Meanwhile, the floodlights are on at Taunton and the ground staff are lurking by the covers. Hopefully, it is just a precaution.

    Anyway, it seems Dunkley is rather better with a bat than an iron...

  10. Postpublished at 13:51 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    Georgia Elwiss
    England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    No, it's Brian.

  11. Postpublished at 13:51 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer at Taunton

    We need the Somerset cat to scare off all these seagulls. I think his name is something like Colin.

  12. Eng 93-3published at 32 overs

    Sciver 13, Dunkley 2

    England are still 191 in arrears having already lost their top three. This is a real opportunity for South Africa to press home their advantage.

  13. Eng 92-3published at 31.4 overs

    Lovely shot. Too straight from Sekhukhune and Sciver whips the ball through square leg for the first boundary of the afternoon.

  14. Postpublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer at Taunton

    England are in a little bit of bother now - they've just lost their best Test batter and captain.

  15. Eng 88-3published at 31 overs

    Sophia Dunkley is in at five for England and gets off the mark with a two pushed through mid-off, the only runs from the over.

    Work to do for the home side, South Africa are up and Sune Luus must be mightily relieved!

  16. Postpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    Georgia Elwiss
    England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    I don't think there was ever really a run there.

  17. Postpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer at Taunton

    That is a horrible blow for England. It was a completely needless run out.

  18. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 30.1 overs

    Knight run out (Sekhukhune) 8 (Eng 86-3)

    Gone! What a start to the afternoon session - disaster for England! Sciver nudged the ball into the legside, they went through for the single, Tumi Sekhukhune's throw hit the gloves of Jafta, who whipped off the bails.

    Knight dived but was still well short of her ground.

  19. Postpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    The players are back out at Taunton. Nat Sciver is ready to face the first ball of the afternoon from Nadine de Klerk. Here we go...

  20. Postpublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 28 June 2022

    Georgia Elwiss
    England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    She's made for Test cricket, Heather Knight. She's completely at ease out there, she loves this format and is a big advocate for more of it.