Winter Tour playing Pakistan & South Africa

[Buzzo]

This has been the most England test ever.

Heroic - boring - attrition - draw? - collapse - exciting - rain - draw.

[RichC]

Blimey, Amla has quit as SA captain

[Buzzo]

AB de Villiers has taken it on. Wasn't there talk of him packing it all in? Strange one.

[Hollowman]

Amla hasn't batted well as a captain, and has made questionable decisions. Probably better for the team if he can just concentrate on his bat, especially with this knock under his belt. There was talk after the first test of De Villiers not finishing the series, but I assume he's only a stop gap until the end of the series.

[Buzzo]

It is certainly very nicely poised going into the next match, which is now tough to call.

[Chazza]

SA 220-6 after a pretty solid morning.

[Chazza]

225-7 Vilas top edging a short one to Moeen.

[Chazza]

Bit of a whack from these two 264-7

[Chazza]

267-7 at the close.

SA will be pretty happy with that given the position they were in earlier losing 5-95

[Yozza]

SA 313 all out

England

First innings 25 - for 2 wickets (11.5 overs)

[Buzzo]

Hardus Viljoen bowls Cook with his first delivery in Test cricket! Cook is struggling for form a bit again on this tour.

[Yozza]

WICKET
Taylor c Bavuma b Morkel 7 (Eng 91-4)

We wondered how good South Africa's total was. We are finding out.....

[Yozza]

152-for 4

Root 50 up

Stokes going for it too....

[Chazza]

Ton up for Root.

[RichC]

Moeens bat snaps in half. First shot with the new bat a decent 4.