South Africa are on 6/0 trailing by 341 and 10 wickets in hand.
Light overnight rain has delayed play, with the supersoppers working to get the bowler’s run up areas dry. This helps the South African cause, and hopefully will stop the wicket breaking up so quickly, which VVS LAxman said was starting to occur yesterday.
A further delay of half an hour, and thankfully the light is looking a bit dull too.
Latest news from the umpires. Play to start at 10:30, (75 mins late) with the first sesssion just 1 hour. A maximum of 82 hours in the day which is optimistic given the light in the evenings. South Africa probably need to survive 70 overs today, 75 tomorrow.
A safe start after 6 overs, South Africa 23/0. Aviro Petersen and Graeme Smith have looked safe bar one edge. Harbhajan Singh has opened the attack, so the new ball won’t be too much of a threat.
First wicket! Amit Mishra traps Graeme Smith in front with his first delivery. What a big wicket, we know Smith has a good record in the second innings rescuing South Africa. Not on this occasion.South Africa now 36/1, and in big trouble. Hashim Amla needs a long innings.
Lunch on day 4, South Africa 39/1.
Ishant Sharma to start proceedings after lunch. I think he’ll persist with the short deliveries he tried to Amla in the first innings.
OUT! Petersen is gone.
Harbhajan Singh gets the breakthrough. Nice drift and it claims the inside edge and pops up to short-leg where Badrinath takes the catch stretching high to his right. South Africa 54/2.
In comes Jacques Kallis. If Kallis and Amla can’t bat most of today (and once again South Africa rely on these two), I think the Proteas are going to get smashed.
Oh no! King Kallis is out! Mishra bowls a classic leg break, takes the edge of Kallis’ bat through to Dhoni, and he is gone for 20. South Africa 111/3.
Prince is the new man. I think South Africa are hoping for a right and left hand combination.
Bad light has stopped play. The players are back in the pavilion and the covers are on the pitch.
Thankfully it is now raining. Probably the best play South Africa has produced in this test match!
We are back out in the middle.
After 1 over, bad light has stopped play again. South Africa 115/3.
Play finally looks like it is over for the day.
South Africa 115/3.
