2nd Test England V South Africa

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Amla (56) just been dropped in the slips by Cook.

SA currently 139-2

Stumps day 1 SA 309 - 6

Could be an amazing test this, SA did superbly yesterday, good day of cricket.

Two quick wickets this morning

SA 317 - 8

Anderson gets another

SA 330 - 9

And another. 335 all out.

England need to put 450 on the board then put the SA back in.

Cook goes for 3

England 3-1 after 3.5 overs

Jennings goes for a duck

England 3 - 2

England 39 - 2 after 10 overs

Root 20 not out

Ballance 16 not out

Now.

About inverting the batting order…

Commemtators curse from TMS

Jonathan Agnew

BBC cricket correspondent on TMS

Posted at19:40

My word, Joe Root is playing so well.

50 up for Root

lunch

England 85 - 2

Ballance goes straight after lunch

Englland 86 -3

Root out.

Bloody Atherton takes the wicket with a minutes worth of how Root oozes class top scorer fastest hundred by a captain then just before the delivery he’s standing head & shoulders above everyone else.

Cick

Root goes for 78

England 143 - 4