England v South Africa: second Test, day one – as it happened

Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock and Vernon Philander made fifties to help the tourists end an excellent, topsy-turvy day’s play with a slight advantage 6.44pm BST90th over: South Africa 309-6 (Philander 54, Morris 23) It would be so Stokes to take a wicket now, in the final over of a long, draining day. He beats Morris twice outside off stump and then, with the final ball of the day, finds an edge that falls fractionally short of Root at slip. That was brilliant from Stokes - but South Africa