After a 30-minute delay for rain, South Africa strike in the second over of day two, as Ian Bell edges Makhaya Ntini

With the score 51-2, new captain Kevin Pietersen is immediately into the fray, and he hits two early boundaries on the on-side off Ntini

Pietersen hooks Morne Morkel for consecutive boundaries, building a partnership with Alastair Cook as the morning sessions develops

Cook reaches to drive this wide delivery from Andre Nel through the covers for four as the pair put on a handy fifty partnership

But then Cook nicks a wide one from Ntini, who now has all three England wickets to fall. At lunch it's 116-3, England trailing by 78

Pietersen pulls an Ntini delivery from well wide of off-stump to the midwicket fence to being up his half-century at The Oval

Paul Collingwood, who batted so well with Pietersen at Edgbaston, also hits some sweet shots as England seek to dominate

Ntini drops Pietersen on 61, running back from mid-on and parrying this top-edged pull off Nel. Will it be an expensive miss?

Pietersen reaches his century just before tea, before edging Ntini to slip two balls later. At tea England are 232-4, leading by 38

His wife Jessica, the former Liberty X singer who he married last December, enjoys herself on a chilly afternoon in south London

Andrew Flintoff, Tim Ambrose and Collingwood (61) all fall to Jacques Kallis soon after tea as South Africa mount a fightback

Ntini takes his 18th five-wicket haul in Test cricket by removing Stuart Broad, England crashing to 219-3 to 263-8

But South Africa get a shock as Steve Harmison hits 49, his best score in first-class cricket, England ending with 316, a lead of 122

James Anderson, after giving Harmison support with the bat, traps Graeme Smith lbw for a duck in South Africa's second innings

England fail to take any more wickets, but remain on top as stumps are drawn with South Africa 37-1, still 85 runs behind