1358: South Africa got absolutely munched there by England, a fine display by the tourists to take a 2-1 lead with one match to play. Excellent bowling from Anderson in particular, some pretty dismal batting from the hosts, and a clinical chase. Not much more you can say about that, other than many thanks for all your comments and speak soon.

32nd over - 121-3 Morgan seals it with an edge...

31st over - 117-3 Trott moves to his second ODI fifty with an ease to mid-off, he's looking every bit like the answer to England's problems at number three in Tests. That knock took 75 balls and included seven fours. Trott moves to 52 courtesy of a bizarre misfield at mid-wicket, and it's hand-brake off time for England...

30th over - 113-3 Bit of lift for Morkel and Morgan plays and misses outside off. Loose again from Morgan, this time driving waftily, before the Middlesex man glides to third-man for a couple. Seven needed from 20 overs, pretty clinical display this by the tourists.

29th over - 111-3Mick Ames, again I agree, and Pietersen can't be easy for his team-mates to carry, what with being weighed down with 4,647 Test runs, 16 Test tons, 15 fifties, 3,176 ODI runs, seven ODI tons and 20 ODI fifties. Trott looking like a very classy customer at the moment, and he picks up one more with a clip to long-on. Morgan - The Finisher? - clears his front leg and slaps Botha over the covers for four. Good shot that.

28th over - 105-3 Morgan skies one to mid-on, but that ball lands in wide open space, to Langeveldt's chagrin. Two for the shot, England pass 100. That's right in the slot and Morgan pounds the slower ball through the covers for four. England require 15 for victory.

"I wholeheartedly agree with Keith from Leicester. Pietersen is a liability. He has an overabundance of arrogance. He is addicted to the reverse sweep, the most suicidal shot imaginable and he thinks he can go out and contemptuously swat the world's best bowlers all around the field. He is a passenger most of the time and the rest of the team cannot afford to keep carrying him. The ECB should get rid of him until he can prove that he's grown up!"
Mick Ames, Malvern, Worcs, in the TMS inbox

27th over - 99-3 Trott pushes to long-off for a single before Morgan clips to long-on for one of his own... Trott now 48, Morgan 10...

"I'm from the Ocean Estate, it's in Stepney. Oddly enough, very few of the house names on the estate actually refer to oceans. Instead, they refer to (some rather minor) bodies of water. For example, Riga, Caspian, Baltic."
John in the TMS inbox

26th over - 97-3 Twenty-three needed from 25 overs now, England should do this really. Apologies, England are three wickets down, not two, but you'll have to manually refresh to see the corrections. Langeveldt with a bit of spring and Morgan, flashing unconvincingly, is beaten again. Smith, cricket's equivalent of Monty Python's Black Knight, hasn't given up yet, and that's a fine stop in the covers to deny Morgan a run.

"Yet another stunningly selfish and incompetent innings from Pietersen comes to an end. Why do we bother with this waste of space? He plays a significant innings once in a while but overall his contribution is nil. He is supposed to be our best batsman - lord help us."
Keith, Leicester, in the TMS inbox

25th over - 93-3 Full-bunger from Botha and Trott falls to one knee and sweeps him away for four. Trott tries a rather ungainly reverse sweep and Botha appeals for lbw, but there was a bit of bat on that. Yeh, I agree Keith (see above), KP turns up every now and again, scoring tons and fifties, averaging a paltry 46, and he thinks he's Lord God Almighty. What a waste of space...

24th over - 93-3 Matthew Hoggard on TMS is almost shouting through the commentary box window for Smith to post another slip, as Morgan, playing defensively, is beaten by McLaren... Hoggard dissolves into fits of laughter as Morgan flays outside off and the ball flies through where second slip would have been and away for four. After the horse has bolted, Smith moves Duminy into a second slip position.

"I've been trying to perfect the scansion but the competition is hotting up so here goes: There was a young fellow called Morkel, Who took all his food through a snorkel, He asked, "Might a straw, Not nourish me more?" I said, "No, but a knife and a fork'll."
Jonathan, Fulham, in the TMS inbox

23rd over - 89-3 No close catchers in for new man Morgan in that previous over, and that's what happens - edge, and four more runs instead of a catch at slip. Trott opens the face of the blade - he plays that shot for fun - and picks up one more to third-man. Botha giving it a chance at least and tossing it up, and Morgan clips him to long-off for one.

22nd over - WICKET - Collingwood c Boucher b McLaren 2 (Eng 83-3)
Collingwood moves to two with a clip off his pads before Trott plays a very delicate little dab down to third-man for one more. But reward for McLaren, Collingwood on the walk, the ball locating the edge of his bat and Boucher taking a smart catch diving forwards. Morgan the new batsman.

"I also wish to express deep concern about the BBC flushing Mike Pinder's licence fee down the toilet. There is now quite substantial evidence that London's sewers have a capacity problem, having been built originally with a population of only 3 million in mind. If the BBC is seeking to dispose of its fee waste in this manner, it is being environmentally irresponsible, and urgent consideration should be given to sending licence fees to the newly established licence fee recycling plant, c/o Paul, Lancashire."

Paul in Lancs in the TMS inbox

21st over - 80-2 Just one from Botha's over, and he's putting his hand up for the spinner's role in this Proteas side - 2-4 so far, from three overs.

20th over - 80-2 Trott saw off the rest of Botha's over before very nearly deflecting a leg-side ball off his thigh pad and onto his stumps. McLaren not causing too many problems otherwise, England making this deck look like what it is, a pretty decent one.

"Oi oi Dirsy! I'm a happy go lucky youth who's a fair weather cricket fan, so can you cut out jargon and make the commentary a bit more hip. Too many pensioners trying to stop the kids getting into this game! I'm glad I don't pay my TV licence..."
Jimmy, Glasgow, in the TMS inbox

19th over - WICKET - Pietersen c De Villiers b Botha 3, (Eng 80-2)
Pietersen works to long-on for one and Trott picks up one to the same area. But that's Pietersen gone I'm afraid, clipping an easy catch to De Villiers at mid-wicket. For the South African fans, that will make the result taste a little bit sweeter, like being showered in cow dung on the way to a date, having a ferret around and finding an ipod nano among the mess.

18th over - 78-1 A few verbals flying about between Pietersen and Botha at the end of that last over, the Test series is bound to be very spicy. Trott, who has been largely left alone by the locals, despite being even more South African than KP, dabs to third-man for one. KP GOES FOR THE HEAVE-HO... AND HE'S CAUGHT! NO! Morkel's dropped him down at long-leg, Pietersen on nought. Smith's face says it all, that's a big chance to strike a psychological blow gone, KP will be like Cock O' the North now. One for the run, Trott picks up one with a tickle off his pads.

17th over - WICKET - Strauss lbw b Botha 32 (Eng 74-1)
Bit of spin now, with Botha wheeled into the attack... and that's a wicket, Strauss backing away and trying to force into the off-side and the ball hitting his back leg plumb in front. Here comes Pietersen... I can't see him, I can just hear the boos...

16th over - 74-0 McLaren tries Trott out with a bumper and Trott moves to 32 with a short-arm pull for four. Not sure about McLaren, doesn't seem to have a great deal in his armoury to be honest. Trott moves to 33 with a nudge off his pads to third-man before Strauss, looking to play that dab shot down to third-man again, is beaten.

15th over - 67-0 Langeveldt kicks his latest spell off with a half-bunger which Trott flips through mid-wicket for four. Trott picks up another single with a nurdle to leg, before Langeveldt serves up a leg-side wide. Strauss showing Fairy Liquid hands, opening the face and running the ball away for a single and nicking the strike. These two batsmen could only look more comfortable if they were batting in cashmere romper suits.

14th over - 60-0 You can't bowl there to Strauss, you could have done a couple of years ago, but you can't now - short and wide and Strauss clobbers McLaren over mid-wicket for four.

"Sirs, Am I just a boring old fart, or is the BBC offering somewhere I can't find an alternative undumbed down online version of the commentary where I can easily follow what is actually going on rather than having to weed out all the mindless rubbish from mindless idiots who like to see there own twaddle on screen? Yet another example of my licence fee going down the toilet."
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13th over - 55-0 Sir Boycott purrs as Strauss unfurls a crackerjack of a cover-drive for four. Smashing stroke. England have beaten South Africa by 10 wickets before, in Nottingham last summer in fact. Morkel keeps it nice and tight for the rest of the over, as news reaches me that The Fonz is the guest of honour at Goodison Park today. Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, Moyes will probably get the cheque book out.

12th over - 50-0 Parnell getting his pants pulled down by the England skipper - too short from the lanky left-armer and Strauss clips him through mid-wicket for four, and Strauss follows up with a swing to the long-on boundary. England pass fifty...

11th over - 42-0 Morkel giving Strauss a bit of nag, getting one to rear off a length and locate the outside edge, but the ball flies through the slips for a single. Trott cuts to third man for one, before Strauss picks up a single with a nibble off his pads. There was a young man called Morkel, who couldn't eat more than a forkful, he dived into his porridge, in his kitchen in Norwich, and his wife had to throw him a snorkel. KISS MY FACE!

"The challenge for Morne Morkel, As he runs in to bowl, Is to strike just like a hawk'll, To grab a tasty vole."
Big Steve, Newcastle Upon Tyne, in the TMS inbox

10th over - 39-0 RAS - are you suggesting Errol was fibbing in his book? Full from Parnell and Trott flicks him off his pads for a brace. Parnell has another appeal, with Trott walking across his stumps, but that was nowhere near.

"If we're talking Flynn, the answer to your conundrum is that he was sent to Spain by his studio as a publicity stunt. Most others were sent by the Communist Party (CPUSA). The connection was that in Hollywood EF was surrounded by communists with connections, and thus he ended up on the Republic's side, like nearly all celeb self-advertisers - 'tourists' as the guys in the trenches called them. When EF got to Madrid he didn't enjoy it one bit, which is why he changed his mind about 'sides'."
RAS in the TMS inbox

9th over - 37-0 Strauss has a slash outside off and the South Africans are absolutely adamant they've got their man caught behind, but Umpire Jerling's having none of it. Smith, storming from the slip cordon before clutching his head, looks like a man who's just missed the last night bus out of Leicester Square. Make mine a large and expensive triangle of pizza. No idea what that noise was, Boycott suggests it was a creaky bat handle.

8th over - 36-0 We're back after luncheon and Parnell's second delivery is clattered through point for four. England require 84 from 42 overs, exactly two runs an over.

"In fact Billy got his name from a local football team named after the film 'Ocean's Eleven'. But he only settled on this after struggling without success as Billy Millwall, Billy Dagenham and Redridge and Billy Lewisham Old Boys second eleven."
Ray, Salisbury, in the TMS inbox

"I'm sure that Billy Ocean in fact got his name from his days working at financial credit company Ocean Finance. This is backed up by his earlier lack of success appearing as Billy Access - Your Flexible Friend, Billy Barclaycard and latterly his unsuccessful comeback as Billy Churchill. 'Ohh Yes...'"
Mark, Newmarket, in the TMS inbox

"Anthony Walton (see below) is unimaginative: 'Poor Morne Morkel, Needs a lot of bowling luck, But he bears his burden like a forkl, ift truck'."
Jen Oram in the TMS inbox

"Now there's a Christmas present I'd like, combining the thrill of the adult-themed chase with intellectual posturing: Grand Auto-Plagiarism."
Paul in Lancs in the TMS inbox

7th over - 31-0 Too straight from Morkel and Trott clips him off his pads for another boundary, despite the despairing dive from De Villiers. Was that a chance? Trott moves across his stumps, the ball takes a deflection, but Boucher is unable to snaffle it. Think that was pad rather than bat to be honest. Strauss taking no liberties, he blocks out the final four balls before lunch. England have broken the back of it, I'm off for some food.

"I've always felt sorry for Morkel. Must be rubbish having a name that if someone wrote a funny poems about you only rhymes with Snorkel. Something to think about during the lunch break?"
Anthony Walton, South Wales, in the TMS inbox

6th over - 26-0 Industrious cricketer, Trott, I like him. Short from Parnell and Trott short-arm jabs him to the mid-wicket fence. Pietersen-esque flick from outside off from Trott for one more, and South Africa are cruising for a ruddy great bruising.

5th over - 21-0 Morkel into the attack already, and that's a good bowling change, the tall right-arm seamer probing a nagging line just outside Strauss' off-peg. A maiden, England have no need to hurry. It would seem my 'fact' about Billy Ocean isn't actually a fact: Ian from Hackney has emailed in to say the Ocean Estate is in Tower Hamlets. But I would trump you, Ian from Hackney, by pointing out that when Billy Ocean lived there, Tower Hamlets as an entity didn't exist. I'm pretty much winging this.

4th over - 21-0 Trott gets a jog on, first standing tall and lacing Langeveldt through the covers for four before whipping to the square-leg fence. England need 99 now, from lots of overs.

3rd over - 13-0 Trott struggling with his timing here, this time he splices an attempted pull over mid-wicket and picks up a single. That's authentic though from Strauss, short from Parnell and the England skipper yanks him through mid-wicket for four.

2nd over - 8-0 Langeveldt shares the new pill with Parnell in the absence of Steyn and Trott works him to leg for a single. No, that was well stopped. Nervy times for Trott, this time he nearly chops onto his stumps, and he picks up one to fine-leg. Strauss picks up a brace with a nurdle to mid-off.

1st over - 5-0 Right, here goes... big lbw appeal by Parnell against Trott, but that struck him a smidgeon outside the line. Hawkeye says that was clipping off-peg, and the South Africans might have reasons to feel aggrieved, there were a few marginals in their innings. Trott, a duck last time out, is off the mark with a flick to long-leg. A couple of wides got England under way, and Strauss is off the mark with a clip to mid-wicket.

1058: Fine performance from England's bowlers this morning, some genuine jaffas in amongst all that lot, including a couple of pearlers from Jimmy Anderson. The South African batting wasn't much cop though, not sure it's a 119 pitch... but you know what they say, you never know how good a pitch is until both sides have batted on it. England are going to have a few overs before the break, and you don't see that often.

37th over - WICKET - Petersen c Wright b Broad 51 (SA 119)
Oh, what a lovely catch! Luke Wright rises like a tin of John West and pulls a crackerjack out of the air - Petersen going for some humpty, mis-timing and that's another wicket for Broad. That's South Africa's eighth lowest ODI total ever, and their lowest ever in South Africa. Errol is currently in Spain for the civil war. On one page he claims he went for deep ideological reasons, a few pages later he decides he doesn't know which side he wants to fight on. Lovely stuff...

"I think any of us would be tempted by a magnificent Melanesian/Polynesian/Japanese/Nordic woman. She sounds quite something."
Paul, Spain, in the TMS inbox

36th over - 113-9 That shot from Petersen won't win any beauty pageants, but it's got plenty of character - an ugly heave from Petersen and the ball disappears to the wide long-on fence. That's his fifty, his third on the trot, and his fourth in total. Another good dig, crafted from 74 balls with five fours. One more for Petersen, and Langeveldt survives the over.

35th over - 113-8 Billy Ocean is called Billy Ocean because he lived on the Ocean Estate in hackney. Fact. Charl Langeveldt is South Africa's number 11, and he's a proper number 11. Not a number 10, or a number 9, a number 11, he averages 5 in ODIs. Petersen gives Broad the charge and misses with an almighty mow. Petersen gives Langeveldt the charge, and he too misses. Not sure about England's field there, I think they think Langeveldt's Gordon Greenidge.

"Mmmm, Garibaldi. My Nan used to give me those for my birthday. Along with a fifty-pence piece. What's the best birthday present you've ever had?"
Reuben in Newcastle-Under-Lyme in the TMS inbox

34th over - WICKET - Morkel lbw b Collingwood 7 (SA 112-9)
Petersen with an off-drive off the bowling of Collingwood before the Durham nugget bowls the cricketing equivalent of an Andrex puppy, which Morkel smashes straight back the ground for four. Petersen desperate to get down the other end for the last ball of the powerplay, but Collingwood's wise to it. And that worked out very nicely, Collingwood serves up a slower ball next up and Morkel is trapped lbw. Looked a little high, but Hawkeye says it was taking the top of middle.

33rd over - 107-8 Well done Tom in Maida Vale for pointing out that Paul Collingwood, as well as taking his 100th ODI wicket today, is one off taking his 100th ODI catch. Talking of 100s, there's the Saffer one, and it's taken some getting. Short from Wright and Petersen's onto that, swinging him round the corner for the first boundary since the 19th over. Two runs already in the over for a nurdle to leg, and Morkel picks up one with a steer to point. Lots of emails coming in saying Colly has taken 100 catches already, but we think he still needs one more... sorry...

"The term is 'auto-plagiarism' which, as a university technician, I've heard plenty of times. Academics like their nice sounding words. Keep up the good work on the text commentary."
Alan (Derby) in the TMS inbox

32nd over - 98-8 Morkel goes for some humpty, toe-ends and is very nearly caught at mid-wicket. One for the shot. Petersen with a single, and he won't know how he's supposed to be batting here, give it some hammer or fight tooth and nail to last the 50. Slower ball from Collingwood and Petersen yanks him round the corner for one. One more single apiece for Petersen and Morkel, and that's drinks...

31st over - 93-8 That was Collingwood's 100th wicket in ODIs, and for that reason I'm going to put a graphic that says '100' on this page. Broad to Petersen and the compact right-hander drags him round the corner for one. Bit of spite from Broad, but Morkel rides the short ball out. This series has more twists and turns than My Wicked, Wicked Ways, the autobiography of Errol Flynn, which I wholeheartedly recommend. Open it at random, and I guarantee the page you're on will contain the phrase "...when I first clapped eyes on this magnificent Melanesian/Polynesian/Japanese/Nordic woman I knew I had to have her..."

30th over - WICKET - Parnell c Strauss b Collingwood 1 (SA 92-8)
Well done to Richard in Kingston for pointing out I've repeated myself quite a lot today, I tend to do that when I'm very tired, I think it's got a name, like self-plagiarism or something. South Africa take the powerplay, and Collingwood's going to have a bowl rather than Swann. Petersen works off his pads for a couple before he pushes into the leg-side for one. Parnell and Petersen exchange singles, AND ENGLAND HAVE ANOTHER! Strauss with a catch so sharp you could peel an apple with it - Parnell slashing, and the England skipper, covering for Collingwood at backward-point, diving low to his left.

29th over - 87-7 British companies adopting Japanese-sounding names to make them sound less rubbish, Carsten Dirs will be spinning in his grave. Wright doing what he does, hustling and bustling and every other cliche I can think of that might apply to a player of his ilk - Petersen with a single to mid-wicket.

"Did you know that Matsui is in fact a British company with a made-up Japanese sounding name to make it sound like they don't produce rubbish? Didn't really work did it..."
Alex from Clapham in the TMS inbox

28th over - 86-7 Parnell is the new batsman, and he's not particularly good at batting. Sorry about the text going bold, that tends to happen when England rip through a team, my temples bulge and the text goes bold, so there you are. You'll have to manually refresh to make it all normal again. Petersen drags Bresnan down to long leg for one before Parnell drops his hands and lets a short one whistle by.

27th over - WICKET - Botha c Prior b Anderson 1 (SA 84-7)
JIMMY'S GOT ANOTHER! That's his first ever five-wicket haul in ODIs at the 120th time of asking - he gets one to kiss the top, the ball holds its line and Botha nicks it. High quality seam bowling from Anderson.

"Regarding duck fat physics, if it takes that much fat to stop a bullet how come Batfink could do it with his wings? As is well known, a bat's wing is made from a flimsy membrane of skin."
Anthony Walton, South Wales, in the TMS inbox

26th over - 83-6 Just the one from Bresnan's over...

"He has pace and he has power, 99 miles an hour, see the Saffer batsmen cower, bring on Jimmy A (tune of Men of Harlech)."
Lamb in the TMS inbox

25th over - 82-6 That stays low from Anderson, and Botha almost gets caught out trying to drive on the back foot. Three singles from that over though, although Jimmy could bowl out his 10 overs in this spell.

24th over - 79-6 The crowd in Port Elizabeth are either all deaf and blind or they couldn't give a monkey's whether their boys take one hell of a beating or not, they're celebrating like it's Eid, Christmas, Hanukah and Freddie Mercury's 30th birthday all rolled into one. Manful from Bresnan, just one from the over from Petersen...

23rd over - WICKET - McLaren c Collingwood b Anderson 0 (SA 78-6)
That's a four-for for Jimmy, McLaren slashing at a full-pitched delivery and sticking the ball straight down Collingwood's gullet at backward-point. There was more chance of the Pope signing to fight Manny Pacquiao next summer than Colly dropping that one. Good jab though, Benedict. Four wickets for three runs in five overs from Anderson... one day he's Bang and Olufsen, the next he's Matsui...

"Rumours are that David Beckham went to a voodoo priest stating that he would do anything to ensure he got in the World Cup squad. The priest then responded by stating that for such a big and unlikely event to come true, he would be required to give up a key worldly possession (his sponsorship) by sporting a silly beard, and furthermore, in order for him to be granted such good fortune, several other of his fellow sponsorees would need to suffer equal and opposite bad fortune - hence RF, AA, TH and TW."
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22nd over - 78-5 That's a maiden over from Bresnan, who's keeping these Saffer batsmen very honest. Not doing much, just ploughing a nice line and length. Inspired bowling change from Strauss in that last over, I'd like to muss up his hair. Denman - has there been a better display by a horse in the last 10 years?

21st over - WICKET - Boucher b Anderson 13 (SA 78-5)
Anderson back on, and that's a dreamy stop from Pietersen off Petersen in the covers to prevent a run. Oh my giddy aunt, Anderson's made Boucher look like an absolute lemon, pitching the ball on middle and ripping out his off-peg. England are loving it, loving it, loving it, loving it like this.

20th over - 77-4 Not a bad lbw shout from Bresnan, the ball nipping back off the seam and hitting Boucher just above the knee roll. Bresnan proving to be a bit of a handful here, that's four dots... make that five... make that six...

"Greetings from Zagreb! Tell the Aussie I get the same feeling when his lot are playing South Africa. Come to think of it, if North Korea played cricket I'd support them against Oz."
John Cameron in the TMS inbox

19th over - 77-4 That is peche de la peche de la peche from Petersen, who puts me in mind of Steve Waugh - Broad too straight and Petersen whips him through mid-wicket for four. If that stroke was a woman, I'd give it fifty quid, send it Up West and tell it to get itself something nice... and tight...

"Last night I dreamt about this upcoming match and De Villiers hit a world record 312 with a total of 91 sixes. My dream maths aren't very strong. South Africa's total was 456 in the end. I didn't get to England's reply. However, I did learn that Geoffrey Boycott's dog was called Pepe Reina."
Tom Rosenthal (London) in the TMS inbox

18th over - 73-4 Lamb bhuna last night, terrible wind. Bresnan onto Boucher's pads and he's turned away for one before Petersen tucks Bresnan off his legs for one of his own.

"Reasons to be cheerful: 'Broady getting smith out, Anderson a two shout, AB gone in some doubt, one, two, three'."
Mark in Newmarket in the TMS inbox

17th over - 71-4 Savage from Boucher, Wright offering him width and the South Africa wicketkeeper slapping him through backward-point for four... and again... small man Boucher, but he cuts like a ruddy lunatic.

"According to some German scientist, using the Mosteller formula, a 175cm man weighing 75kg would need at least an extra 573kg of fat to ensure he had sufficient surface area to prevent a bullet from harming his internal organs."
Lance in the TMS inbox

16th over - 62-4 Four singles from Bresnan's over, let's all have a disco... and a drink. Apparently Alison from PA will be reporting on another report later today which suggests if you get punched in the face, it might hurt a little bit.

15th over - 58-3 Boucher is the new man in the middle, and he's off the mark with a nibble to third man. One more single from that over, it was a decent one from Wright. This just in on the wires: PARTYING CAN TURN TEENAGERS INTO TRUANTS, By Alison Kershaw, Press Association Education Correspondent: "Teenagers who spend their spare time going out with friends and at parties are more likely to be truants, vandals, shoplifters and involved in fights, research suggests today. But playing a musical instrument, religion, or community work could keep young people out of trouble." Remarkable...

" Brilliant start to the day, the Saffers on the back foot and are there a better looking pair of bowlers than Jimmy and Stuart? Come on England!"
Rachel Tyrrell, Lincoln, in the TMS inbox

14th over - WICKET - De Villiers lbw b Bresnan 22 (SA 55-4)
The Curse of Gillette - discuss. Terry Henry, Tiger Woods, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer. David Beckham wants to watch himself. A couple of singles before De Villiers plays an educated edge through the vacant slip area for four. But new bowler Bresnan has got his man two balls later - full delivery, looked like it might have been clipping the top of leg, bit harsh.

13th over - 49-3 This Petersen looks like a tremendous prospect - Wright drops short and the batsman rocks back and gives it some hammer over mid-wicket. And there's another four, over-pitched from Wright and the ball disappearing to the long-off fence. That reminds me Mark in Southampton - send in your reasons to be cheerful, other than seeing Piccadilly and being rather silly. It's not all Broken Britain you know...

Anonymous text via 81111: "Ben, is the cricket good enough to switch over from Dora the Explorer? My three-year-old will go mental. Is the game worth the hassle? "

12th over - 40-3 De Villiers flips Broad into the leg-side for a couple before dropping into the leg-side for one. Petersen plays that on-drive well, and they say that's the sign of a top-drawer player - two more to long-on, it's time for Luke Wright.

11th over - WICKET - Duminy c Prior b Anderson 6 (35-3)
If no-one sends an email in in the next five minutes, I'm going to start crying. Oh, we've got a wicket! Duminy looks like he's been worked out, he doesn't fancy the short ball, and he's gloved that one from Anderson to Prior behind the timbers. Selector. Alviro Petersen is the new batsman, and he looked a pretty solid customer the other day. Great stop from Anderson, getting down low to his right and preventing Petersen from taking a run off an attractive on-drive.

10th over - 35-2 Broad drops short and Duminy's onto that in a flash, yanking him to the fence at square-leg. Broad digs one in and Duminy helps it on its way, picking up one more to long-leg. That's better from Broad, pitching just outside off and very nearly ripping out De Villiers' off-stump.

9th over - 30-2 Anderson with a leg-side bumper that's called a wide, before another shortish delivery is tucked round the corner for a single...

8th over - 28-2 Broad full outside off-stump and De Villiers frees his arms and slashes the ball through wide mid-off for four. De Villiers is looking like the best batsman in the world at the moment, he's certainly the most attractive.

"I'm sitting in my backyard in Paddington, Sydney enjoying your coverage. It has been a stinking hot weekend here, well over 30 degrees. Being an Australian supporter I seriously dislike both teams on display here - is there any way they could both lose?"
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7th over - WICKET - Amla c Swann b Anderson 11 (SA 24-2)
Anderson bumps Amla and the bearded right-hander goes for the pull, but is beaten for pace. But that caps a fine over from Anderson, the Lancashire man pitching one up and Amla clipping him straight to Swann at short mid-wicket. Cheap, the Saffers in a spot of bother.

6th over - 24-1 That's liquid cricket from De Villiers, waiting on a ball from Broad and steering him through cover-point for four. That was a peach, buffed, with the dew still on it.

"Hi Ben, is the chap next to you suggesting that fat has the ability to stop bullets? I need to put on some weight if so..."
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5th over - 20-1 Oh my days, that's made my early start worthwhile - De Villiers showing the maker's name and the ball disappearing to the long-off fence. Amla pulls but Wright saves at square-leg... terrific shot, Amla latching onto a short one from Anderson and upper-cutting for four...

4th over - 11-1 That's a pretty decent over from Stuart Broad, doing what he said he was going to do before this tour, sticking every ball on the top of off... but that's exquisite from Amla, standing tall and creaming Broad through wide mid-off for four.

3rd over - 7-1 Well done Alesha Dixon for standing up for the British 'V' sign by the way, lovely stuff. If there weren't people like Alesha Dixon about, the 'V' sign would go the way of the red squirrel, under siege from the American 'bird' sign, the grey squirrel of rude gestures. One run from Anderson's over, Amla turning round the corner for a single.

2nd over - 6-1 De Villiers next up the ramp and this boy can bat a bit. He survives the over. If you're shooting ducks, aim for the head - lots of fat in the body, you're not going to have much luck there. The chap sitting next to me went to Eton...

2nd over - WICKET - Smith lbw b Broad 2 (SA 6-1)
Broad shares the new ball, and his first delivery is also down leg. But that's a wicket, South Africa skipper Smith leg before to the Notts seamer. Bit innocuous that, it pitched leg and was hitting leg...

1st over - 5-0 Here come Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla, and Jimmy Anderson's first delivery is a ruddy nightmare, miles down leg-side. Amla under way with a clip off his pads, Smith under way with a dab into the off-side. One more for Amla with a nibble into the leg-side, one more for Smith... that girl from Dagenham on X Factor, is there something wrong?

"Wright I feel must vastly improve his bowling... it was an utter shambles the other day"
FoxesofNuneaton on 606

0753: South Africa played Australia here earlier this year, I believe, batted first, racked up 300 and won... weather looks OK in the Eastern Cape, little fluffy clouds, little fluffy clouds, little fluffy clouds... first email in gets a packet of garibaldis...

South Africa: Graeme Smith (cap), Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Alvrio Petersen, Mark Boucher (wk), Ryan McLaren, Johan Botha, Wayne Parnell, Morne Morkel, Charl Langeveldt

England: Jonathan Trott, Andrew Strauss (cap), Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson

0740: Hi. The fourth ODI in Port Elizabeth today, and the Saffers have won the toss and chosen to bat. For the hosts, Dale Steyn is out with a hamstring strain and is replaced by Charl Langeveldt, while Roelof van der Merwe makes way for Johan Botha. England are unchanged from the side munched at Cape Town.