Third Test: England v South Africa, The Oval, July 27-31

[backfootpunch]

Think they were expecting Roland Jones to be a walking wicket

[backfootpunch]

Useful knock from Roland Jones

Better than anything Dawson managed

Or Jennings

[mikesiva]

Maharaj gets his first wicket.

[yuppie]

Stokes seems to be contributing some serious runs here to Englands total.

How has he looked whilst batting? At ease?

[yuppie]

Well thats a pretty good way to bring up your 5th test hundred

[yuppie]

And just keep swinging fella

[mikesiva]

Stokes!

Rabada gets his third wicket.

[backfootpunch]

Stokes seems to be contributing some serious runs here to Englands total.

How has he looked whilst batting? At ease?

Pretty imperious from the bits I have seen

[yuppie]

Stokes seems to be contributing some serious runs here to Englands total.

How has he looked whilst batting? At ease?

Pretty imperious from the bits I have seen

So seems at ease being a test top 6 at present.

[backfootpunch]

5 hundreds in 35 games is very very good for an all rounder

He has saved roots blushes with the toss

I still think we should have bowled, it's still doing a bit but nowhere near as much as it did in the first 2 sessions yesterday

[backfootpunch]

Stokes seems to be contributing some serious runs here to Englands total.

How has he looked whilst batting? At ease?

Pretty imperious from the bits I have seen

So seems at ease being a test top 6 at present.

He's certainly starting to look the part

Very good 112

True team player, gets out looking for runs not doing a chanderpaul and looking for the not out

[yuppie]

Stokes seems to be contributing some serious runs here to Englands total.

How has he looked whilst batting? At ease?

Pretty imperious from the bits I have seen

So seems at ease being a test top 6 at present.

He's certainly starting to look the part

Very good 112

True team player, gets out looking for runs not doing a chanderpaul and looking for the not out

Along with Cook, vital runs for England. When the top order fails you need your number 6 to do what Stokes has done here today.

SA going to come out to bat at a good time today.

We shall find out if 350 is a good score soon enough.

[westoelad]

Stokes has had some very unfair criticism on here. Personal criticism by people who don't know him! Can't see how that can be justified.

[mikesiva]

Morkel and rabada get three wickets each.

In these conditions is 353 par?

[backfootpunch]

Stokes has had some very unfair criticism on here. Personal criticism by people who don't know him! Can't see how that can be justified.

Most of it is by one poster to be fair