South Africa build up massive lead but Strauss and Cook start soundly

Tea report Four sessions remain. England still have 10 wickets intact, they need another 428 runs for a record-breaking victory to clinch the series. South Africa need those 10 wickets to level the series. The intensity returned once Graeme Smith declared after another 40 minutes of batting after lunch. Jimmy Anderson and Graeme Swann had the bonus of some consolation wickets as AB de Villiers, JP Duminy and Mark Boucher swung the bat merrily and selflessly. The declaration came as early as anyone could expect. The lead was 465; there were 146 overs remaining. Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn then tested the England openers with the new ball. Morkel has become ever more rhythmical and accurate as the series progresses. He was on target again this afternoon. Meanwhile Steyn provided the fire and the incident. In the eighth over of the innings Steyn charged in around the wicket at Strauss. Twice in three balls Strauss was struck on the pad and there were vehement lbw appeals, both given not out by Umpire Tony Hill. Twice the South Africans pondered a review but eventually declined to go upstairs. Strauss retaliated in Steyn's next over as the South African over-pitched. Three times Strauss drove him to the off-side boundary. Then in the final over of the paceman's spell a fierce bouncer hit the England captain. The ball dropped harmlessly but Strauss only just managed to avoid treading on his stumps. Lunch report In the morning at Newlands it was just a question of how many, how quickly. Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, showed plenty of aggressive intent against the second new ball before he top-edged a hook off Graham Onions. He had scored 183. Jacques Kallis is always less inclined to the gung-ho approach, but he was at last dismissed playing an aggressive stroke, caught behind off James Anderson for 46. However, AB de Villiers rarely bats with any inhibitions. While England slowed their over rate with the minimum of subtlety, De Villiers played some stunning strokes. A flat-batted pull off Stuart Broad was the pick. JP Duminy had been out to his last two balls in Test cricket. He survived a horrible hat-trick and pulled a boundary to set him on his way. At the interval South Africa had added another 85 runs from 24 overs. The meaningful cricket of the day had yet to take place. There was much mumbling about ball-tampering beyond the playing area. South Africa have "raised concerns" but have not lodged an official complaint, which is, at best, mischievous, in reality devious. Just before lunch the ICC issued a statement explaining that the umpires had studied the relevant videotapes and that they were taking no action .