This is what I posted on a football forum
Still need to keep it up and not rest on our laurels, still De Villiers, Rudolph and Duminy offering a threat. We still have to score runs, if their tail does what quite a few do against us and add too many runs then they boast Philander, Steyn, Morkel and Kallis, I've always been of the view "what we can do, they can do".
That was at lunch so England had taken out four saffers, but as too often happens we don't make most of a good position. C5 later said they thought England would have expected to bowl them out for 250, from four down and indeed the six down position.
Lots of controversy around two catches off the glove, one seemingly correct, the other not. Unfortunately this may just feed more Indian paranoia about reviews. Talking of which, I think Strauss went back to his overzealous ways with reviews, really should only use them for LBWs when you are absolutely certain he was out and most of the time they're missing or hitting outside the line or something so WASTED.
Also something that has been on my mind recently is the advantage of umpiring errors. If Smith is given out then he has to use his review, if he's not out then the fielding side have to use their's. So which way the umpire leans can decide who is risking their review, even more reason to make them centrally controlled by the (3rd) umpires themselves.
Now England need to polish the tail off, I thought the saffers were engaging in a bit of sportsmanship which the umpires went for with the decision to come off. I've seen England tailenders peppered with short stuff and no backing from the umpires, it's not like both were complete rabbits or hadn't seen it well enough to have scored runs. I think they may have scored more runs last night and England may be a bit more clinical today so they may come to regret it - make hay while the going's good, not if/while the sun shines.
This saffer total may end below par, but I think England have already missed a good opportunity. IF England do finish the job this morning quickly then they may still not be in front by close of play, if they edge in front at all. 54/4 and 163/6 are positions you would to be facing 250 or less from, the latter having seen off most of the batsmen. I think I said earlier England needed to take their chances, that includes not giving much away which unfortunately they have at times.
And don't forget England are without KP now and have Taylor and Bairstow in the side, neither of whom has a Test fifty. England will definitely not want to lose Cook and/or Trott early.
Bairstow 38 runs @ 12.67
Taylor 34 runs @ 34.00
For the first time in the series this is superbly poised, the saffers in a position that might be below par but making a late rally to get there and facing an England batting line-up that has two raw recruits.
hope ab will play a long innings today
but that was an excellent recovery from sa i will say after loosing to many wickets very quickly duminy batted really well and philander getting closer to his half century as well
