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They only managed one during the fourth day's play at Lord's as the tourists progressed to 242-1.

Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie made centuries and shared an opening stand of 204, but the tourists are still 104 runs in arrears.

Left-arm seamer Ryan Sidebottom will be fit to bowl for England despite suffering from a stiff back.

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By Tom Fordyce

1102: SA 242-1
Screams from the close-in fielders (slip, silly mid-off, short square leg) as McKenzie almost bad-pads into the waiting palms. He then drills a fuller one into the covers for two.

1058: Here come the players - Monty warming up with the enthusiasm of a man who's been told he could be opening the bowling.

From L Bradshaw, TMS inbox: "When you say 'old' do you mean 'dirty' as presumably said notes had not seen the inside of a washing machine?"

L - don't you know that it's illegal to deal in laundered currency?

1050: Apparently, if South Africa keep scoring at the same rate as on Sunday, they'll be 37 ahead by tea and 80 ahead by the evening drinks interval. Have the mathmaticians forgotten about the Theory of Monticity?

From Mark Scales, TMS inbox: "Fancy putting those two twenty Euro notes on an England victory?"

From BBC Sport's Oliver Brett at Lord's:"The regular six-a-side footie game that the South Africans play at 10am was conducted in a more upbeat mood than on previous mornings. Andre Nel's man-marking of Graeme Smith was like Thomas Hitzlsperger at Euro 2008. Some boisterous kids told an under-employed goalkeeper, Paul Harris, to get involved and he responded: "I never saw Schmeichel score a goal"."

1040: Sunshine whacking down at Lord's, with the pitch looking as dead as a dinosaur. All suggestions for what I should spend my 40 Euros on very much welcomed - currently torn between a Greek timeshare or half a pint of lager in Helsinki.

1030: Now then - you might be fearing The Draw here, but I have a feeling this could be a great day - I popped on an old pair of trousers this morning, felt something papery in the back pocket and pulled out two 20 Euro notes. It's officially the greatest start to a Monday morning I've ever had.

(BBC)

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