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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  • Highlights on Red Button & iPlayer from 22:00 BST

Live Reporting

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  1. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    This over has been a bag of liquorice all sorts.

  2. Eng 172-5

    Sune Luus is on to bowl for the first time in the innings after after starting with a wide that nearly bounces twice, she sends down another short ball that Davidson-Richards hits in the air but just wide of mid-on for four.

  3. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Sophie Ecclestone will be next into bat but she'll be watching closely and encouraged by the fact that this ball is starting to turn.

  4. Eng 166-5

    As Phil says, Kapp is off and Mlaba is back. The left-arm spinner offers up a drag-down and Davidson-Richards goes back and punches it through the covers for four!

    Just a fourth scoring shot of the innings for ADR. Turn and bounce for Mlaba before the over is out. good signs for the spinners on both sides.

  5. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    South Africa have only used the five bowlers but had a huge turnaround in where people have bowled. Kapp came on and bowled two maidens and has gone off again and now Mlaba is back on again. There's been a lot of rotation.

  6. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    The way she leans into the ball and waits for it is just textbook Nat Sciver.

  7. Eng 162-5

    Sciver 54, Davidson-Richards 9

    Four more to end the over for Sciver! It's a carbon copy of the shot that took her to her half-century. Very full from Bosch and thumped through mid-off.

    A little under 10 minutes until 10 now.

  8. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Really important knock from Sciver. The fact that she's still there eating up this pressure is so crucial but she'll want to go on and carry on this. You know that she is the key. If they get her now then they will definitely be on the road to bowling England out.

  9. 50 runs

    50 for Nat Sciver

    A third Test fifty for Nat Sciver, it comes up from 110 balls after a beautiful straight drive for four!

    England could do with a few more from their star all-rounder here.

  10. Anya Shrubsole
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    England have just got to see Kapp off and try and get back into some of the other bowlers.

  11. Melissa Story
    BBC Test Match Special

    Jafta takes a step forward then a step back. She's doing the Hokey Cokey behind the stumps trying to find where she wants to be.

  12. Eng 154-5

    Not long to go until tea now as Kapp gets through another maiden over. Davidson-Richards plays and misses at another before crunching a drive into the covers but straight to the fielder.

    Three maidens in a row now after that brief burst from England.

  13. Eng 154-5

    Probing over from Sekhukhune to Sciver, who remains four short of 50. The South Africa bowler is back to targeting the stumps and there is nothing loose for Sciver to feed off.

  14. Anya Shrubsole
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    There still seems to be a bit of shape with this ball for South Africa. They're working hard on it and there's definitely more movement than yesterday for England.

  15. Emily Windsor
    Southern Vipers batter on BBC Test Match Special

    There's plenty of talk about Marizanne Kapp being the best all-rounder in the women's game right now.

  16. Eng 154-5

    Play and a miss. Kapp is making things happen again. The all-rounder gets the line just right to Davidson-Richards, who has a little prod at the ball just outside off.

    And again. A superb start to the spell from Kapp.

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    Prajin: English top order is full of right handers. Should have somehow sneaked in Eve Jones, given she has done everything for a call up.

  18. Anya Shrubsole
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Alice Capsey impressed everyone last year in the Hundred. She's had a tough year so far this year but I'm sure we'll see her playing for England in the not-too-distant future. Freya Kemp at the Vipers is only 17 and spent the last two years out but this year has just taken the game by storm and I'm sure we'll see her up there too. She's impressed me a lot since I joined up with Vipers.

    There's Bess Heath up at Yorkshire too as a keeper-batter. She's a real ball striker. She's caught my eye and hopefully we'll see her have a prominent role in the Hundred this year too. I don't know a huge amount about her keeping but her batting is a real strong point.

  19. Eng 154-5

    Sciver is closing in on a half-century with a second boundary of the over. Back of a length from Sekhukhune and Sciver thumps it through mid-off and away for four.

    South Africa sense England are starting to build a little bit of momentum, so here comes Marizanne Kapp. Of course.

  20. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Remember that Nat Sciver's last innings for England was that incredible 148 not out in the World Cup final.