LIVE: ENG vs SA: 3rd Test, Day 2

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England would look to quickly wrap up the South African innings while the visitors would hope for their tail-enders to press on and post a decent total.

Recap of Day 1
England cast aside the controversy surrounding Kevin Pietersen to make an outstanding start to the must-win third Test against South Africa at Lord's.

Steven Finn was to the fore, on his home ground, with three wickets in seven balls - and afterwards insisted the shenanigans surrounding Pietersen over the past week simply did not cross England's minds when the time came to play cricket again.

So it seemed as Finn helped to reduce South Africa to 54 for four at one stage - and even after JP Duminy (61) had underpinned a fightback to 262 for seven, England's 6ft 8in seamer was content with his and his team-mates' work.

Careful, it seemed, to avoid using the name of England's absent superstar, he said afterwards: "Whenever we go and bowl, regardless of what's happening elsewhere, we always want to do what we do well