Kagiso Rabada burst puts South Africa in command v England

Kagiso Rabada ripped through the England batting order to claim career-best Test figures and put South Africa on course for a consolation victory.

The Proteas prodigy bowled with great pace and aggression to take 7-112 - the third-best Test figures at Centurion - on day three as England were bowled out for 342 in reply to 475.

Alastair Cook (76) was dismissed 41 runs short of the 10,000 landmark in Tests, while Joe Root (76) and Moeen Ali (61) made half-centuries but Rabada's brilliance left the tourists, who hold an unassailable 2-0 lead, with a deficit of 133 after the first innings.

James Anderson (1-14) struck in his second over to get rid of Dean Elgar (1), before South Africa - who lost Kyle Abbott to a hamstring injury which could rule him out of the final two days - advance to 42-1 with a lead of 175 when bad light brought play to an early end.

England were looking for Cook and Root to bat long into the day after resuming on 138-2, but the captain added just nine runs to his overnight tally before edging Morne Morkel (2-73) behind.

Root played some exquisite shots off the back foot and took three boundaries off a Rabada over, but James Taylor looked uncomfortable as Morkel gave him a working over.

Rabada struck again to claim the prized scalp of Root, who struck 11 boundaries and looked set for another century until the young quick got one to move away and take his outside edge.

Taylor (14) and Jonny Bairstow were caught by day-two centurion Quinton de Kock to give a fired-up Rabada his second five-wicket Test haul on the stroke of lunch and leave England in trouble on 211-6.

A rain delay early in the afternoon session gave the tourists some respite and Ben Stokes was in one-day mode as he played some glorious strokes in a brisk knock of 33 from only 29 balls before Rabada had him caught at first slip with the new ball.

South Africa lost Abbott to injury, but had a stroke of luck when Chris Woakes (25) was caught by Elgar at first slip after the ball struck De Kock and looped up in the air.

Moeen held up the Proteas, playing with freedom as he struck 11 boundaries to bring up his fifth Test half-century, but England were left with a considerable first-innings deficit.

Anderson got a ball to move away from short of a length to have Elgar caught behind, but first-innings centurions Stephen Cook (23 not out) and Hashim Amla (16no) strengthened South Africa's grip on the game - with the former skipper batting on after taking a blow on the thumb off a Stokes delivery.