I don't have much sympathy for a spectator who goes out of his way to abuse a player as he leaves the field . But Stokes really ought to know better than to react like that. Would fine him heavily - not that he can't afford it - and if I were Joe Root I'd let him know what I thought about unprofessional conduct detracting from the team's otherwise good performance on this tour.
Moving on : this match seems to be following the script from Port Elizabeth quite closely. Insipid SA effort with the ball in the first session followed by their bowlers roaring back after a break and inducing a somewhat typical England collapse from a position of strength. And again it is young Pope walking in at six and immediately exerting a calming influence on the game... Will he and Root now go on to a mammoth stand tomorrow ?
Even if this innings is cut off rather quicker than last time you'd think anything north of 300 would be reasonable on a pitch which is offering a bit of bounce and carry for the massed battalions of fast bowlers on both sides. SA may have cause to regret that strangely flat first session...
I still wish England had included a proper spinner : it isn't automatic that their pace attack will just roll over the South Africans - they are about due to get a good early partnership going and as we've seen today this ground is pretty good for fast scoring. Might possibly need a bit of change of pace at some point...but that is for the future. And at least they have options in Root and Denly.
Best thing - apart from the way Pope looks again - from this day , for England , was the way Crawley played . Early days - and he's not without flaws - but there was a lot to like about the strokes he produced in that first couple of hours. He will have ups and downs - and indeed will face a challenge just to hold his place when Burns recovers fitness : but he appears to have something. How it survives tougher tests and the targeted approach of opposition bowlers as he is subjected to analysis and planning remains to be seen ; but he has made a higher score than his previous best in every Test innings he's played so far - which is by definition an upward trend