All in readiness now. Here's Rabada with two slips and a gully in place...

The sun is out. Matthew Hayden rings the bell

Zuhair Arif: Proteas should not replicate their batting approach from the first innings. They need to find ways of scoring runs.

Raj: With the trio of Starc, Cummins and Hazlewood, I feel Australia already has enough on the board.

Abhishek Mishra: It’s obviously not 50:50 but it is only a “one person” run chase. SA need one guy to step up and be the match winner and a few 20s should do. It’s not so insurmountable that it needs a whole team effort. Easier said than done though.

Pitch Report | Shaun Pollock and Stuart Broad: 0.7 degrees seam movement, 0.7 degrees shape. 28 wickets in 2 days. Wonderful bowling. The lack of swing is due to the overhead but also due to the quality of the bowlers. They've noticed that the pitch has got a bit of movement and they've been bowling the wobble seam. Tactically, they've looked to seam the ball. It's been outstanding fast bowling and the batting has been a bit indifferent due to lack of Test match cricket. The game plan has been simple - if you land in the right areas, it does enough for you. It's the quality of the bowler to be able to deliver the ball in the right area the whole time. You need not bowl bouncers, you don't need to try the inswinging yorkers because you know there's movement.

"Good big, beautiful, booming Friday the 13th morning from a brilliantly sunshiny Lord’s!," texts Telford Vice.

09:45 Local Time, 08:45 GMT, 14:15 IST: 14 wickets fell on an eventful day 2 as this WTC final swung one way and the other before resting on a knife-edge at the moment. Day 2 started with Cummins' heroics with the ball as he reached 300 Test wickets en route to taking a 6-fer and helping his side garner an invaluable 74-run lead. With that lead, Australia would have hoped to bat South Africa out of the game with a big innings but the Proteas had different plans. Rabada and Ngidi snared 6 wickets between themselves to reduce Australia to 73/7 before Carey and Starc put on a crucial 61-run stand for the 8th wicket. That ended just before stumps and it would have gotten even better had Jansen held on to a catch off Starc's bat in the final over of the day. The lead is currently 218 and every run to that will be massive considering how the wicket has played so far this game. We are all set for day 3, what does it have in store for us? Sit tight and get ready to enjoy the action with us.

Lungi Ngidi: We were still in the game. They did bowl really well but at the end of the day we still had a job to do. The coach asked us whatever we do, to do it with conviction, and if you go out, go out on your own terms. You can also be that guy to turn the game around for the team, that was the mindset. It was tough in the first innings, there was no rhythm, it looked like I was fighting a lot while bowling. Couple of nerves coming back after tea, especially knowing who the guys were in the middle, but he (Bavuma) was asking me to do certain things, I just said let me get into my spell, let me get some rhythm and once I felt it was clicking I just kept running with it. It was pretty exciting, I could hear my name in one of the corners, that's what actually gives you energy when you are bowling such a long spell, the crowd gets behind and you keep going. We are in a good position now, two balls can wrap it up and we are focusing on that. If we are chasing anything under 230.. It won't be easy with the bowling line-up they have but we want to give ourselves the best chance.

If SA are to chase this down, it will be the highest innings total of this match. There have been just nine Tests in England till date wherein the team batting fourth have posted the highest total of the game - three in wins - the last of which was Headingley 2019.

Only four instances of a 200-plus target being successfully chased at Lord’s, just one since 2005.

Only four instances of a 200-plus target being successfully chased at Lord’s, just one since 2005.

Most no-balls in Tests since October 2024
57 - Kagiso Rabada
24 - Jasprit Bumrah
20 - Gus Atkinson
19 - Marco Jansen
18 - Wiaan Mulder
17 - Dane Paterson
SA bowlers have collectively bowled 113 no-balls in seven Tests in this timeframe, the next most is 61 by India.

South Africa will be disappointed with their front foot no-balls as Rabada and Jansen combined for 8 in total this innings. Starc was dropped in the last over of the day - how big will that prove to be? This is not an easy pitch to bat on and every run is crucial here.

Most no-balls in Tests since October 2024
57 - Kagiso Rabada
24 - Jasprit Bumrah
20 - Gus Atkinson
19 - Marco Jansen
18 - Wiaan Mulder
17 - Dane Paterson
SA bowlers have collectively bowled 113 no-balls in seven Tests in this timeframe, the next most is 61 by India.

18:10 Local Time, 17:10 GMT, 22:40 IST: What a day of Test match cricket. This game is right in the balance. Another 14-wicket day - like the opening day. Again the bowlers who have hogged the headlines today.

Mulder to Mitchell Starc, no run

Mulder to Mitchell Starc, 2 runs, to backward square leg

Mulder to Mitchell Starc, no run, dropped by Jansen at gully. Khawaja has a big smile watching on from the dressing room. Cummins is trying his best to contain his smile. Length and rising outside off, Mitchell Starc fends at it, simple catch to Jansen who is standing close-in

This should be the last over of the day.