Player of the Match
Player of the Match

11.14am Here's Alan Gardner to talk you through the rest of the morning

124.1
W
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Steyn, OUT, banged in short once more, a slapped uppercut down to third man as Olivier leans back to give himself room, and there is the catch that ends the fun. It's been a lively morning's work, but the upshot is that South Africa have a first-innings lead of 254, and a real chance to wrap this game up today if they bowl as well as they did in the first innings.

DW Steyn c Fakhar Zaman b Shaheen Shah Afridi 13 (17m 10b 1x4 1x6) SR: 130.00

END OF OVER:
124 | 12 Runs | SA: 431/9

  • Dale Steyn13 (9b)
  • Duanne Olivier10 (8b)
  • Mohammad Amir33-9-88-4
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi27-3-123-3
123.6
1
Mohammad Amir to Steyn, 1 run, fuller length, looking for the yorker, Steyn is equal to the challenge and clips to the leg side
123.5
0
Mohammad Amir to Steyn, no run, down the track, charging the quick, who quite reasonably bangs it in short in response. Steyn is sconed on the helmet as he misses his latest slog! No damage done
123.5
1nb
Mohammad Amir to Steyn, 1 no ball, the last ball, incidentally, was also a no-ball, but it wasn't called. This one is, as Steyn misses with another rasping slog
123.4
6
Mohammad Amir to Steyn, SIX, panned into the stands! In the slot and emphatically boshed over cow corner!
123.3
0
Mohammad Amir to Steyn, no run, shorter, sharper, an attempted pull-slap over midwicket, but the ball is through him before his bat can respond. I think Steyn's enjoying this!
123.2
0
Mohammad Amir to Steyn, no run, yee-har! Steyn aims something disgusting over midwicket, but forgets to watch the ball as he does so. The ball hops obediently over the bails and through to the keeper
123.1
4
Mohammad Amir to Steyn, FOUR, clears the front leg and flogs a lofted drive over long-on! That's the way to do it!

END OF OVER:
123 | 11 Runs | SA: 419/9

  • Duanne Olivier10 (8b)
  • Dale Steyn2 (2b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi27-3-123-3
  • Mohammad Amir32-9-76-4
122.6
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Olivier, FOUR, picks the gap to perfection! Slapped uppishly through backward point again. Gully can't get close to that one!
122.5
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Olivier, no run, banged in short, fenced away off the back foot
122.4
2
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Olivier, 2 runs, more runs, through backward point this time as Olivier throws the bat at a shorter, wider one
122.3
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Olivier, FOUR, short, and slammed through midwicket with violence! Picked the length early and demolished it!
122.2
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Olivier, no run, hanging back in the crease, dabbed defence into the covers
122.1
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Steyn, 1 run, back of a length, angled into the right-hander from round the wicket, fenced into the cordon

END OF OVER:
122 | 1 Run 2 Wkts | SA: 408/9

  • Duanne Olivier0 (3b)
  • Dale Steyn1 (1b)
  • Mohammad Amir32-9-76-4
  • Mohammad Abbas34-8-100-1
121.6
0
Mohammad Amir to Olivier, no run, stabbed defence, out to gully who fields on the bounce. A probing over
121.5
0
Mohammad Amir to Olivier, no run, beaten outside off, Amir is challenging the tail and no mistake
121.4
0
Mohammad Amir to Olivier, no run, cautiously forward, defending his stumps on a full length
121.3
W
Mohammad Amir to Rabada, OUT, much wider on the crease, and now Rabada's timbers have been shivered too! The new angle, allied to a full length, twists the batsman's blood as he tries to clip through midwicket but is beaten around the outside edge. Amir earning some belated reward for his toil

K Rabada b Mohammad Amir 11 (18m 13b 2x4 0x6) SR: 84.61

121.2
1
Mohammad Amir to Steyn, 1 run, battered back down the pitch, half stopped at mid-off

Imran: "How many bowlers have broken stumps in past". Me! I've still got the one I snapped in a schools match some years ago. I think it had woodworm

121.1
W
Mohammad Amir to Philander, OUT, stumps splattered! Amir bursts one through the gate from a full length, via a thin inside-edge, and smashes the leg stump in two! The end of an enterprising knock, and Pakistan's ordeal is almost over

VD Philander b Mohammad Amir 16 (51m 29b 2x4 0x6) SR: 55.17

END OF OVER:
121 | 10 Runs | SA: 407/7

  • Kagiso Rabada11 (12b)
  • Vernon Philander16 (28b)
  • Mohammad Abbas34-8-100-1
  • Mohammad Amir31-9-75-2
120.6
2
Mohammad Abbas to Rabada, 2 runs, up on the toes and drilled into the covers. Sweet striking

Uzair: "I legit switched over to NZvSL and the first ball I watched, Perreira gets caught out - But splendid innings from him!" Whoops!

120.5
0
Mohammad Abbas to Rabada, no run, up on the toes, and tapped into the covers
120.4
4
Mohammad Abbas to Rabada, FOUR, full length once again, and Rabada somehow nails a cover-drive through midwicket! The bat turned on impact, and found the gap to perfection

South Africa 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4D ElgarTB de Bruyn
2nd19HM AmlaD Elgar
2nd20F du PlessisD Elgar