3rd Test: Ollie Robinson strikes before Marco Jansen stars for South Africa on Day 3

Queen Elizabeth II. Sussex seamer Robinson took 5-49 in 14 overs, his third five-wicket innings haul in 11 career Tests, as South Africa were dismissed for just 118. Veteran quick Stuart Broad enjoyed a return of 4-41.

Yet an extraordinary third day -- but the first active one in the game -- finished with England 154-7, a lead of just 36 runs. Left-arm quick Marco Jansen, who had top-scored for the Proteas with 30 after he was unluckily left out of the second Test, took the first four England wickets en route to 4-34 in 11 overs. Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada then captured the key wicket of Ollie Pope, out for 67 on his Surrey home ground.

Pope fenced at a good-lenth ball outside off stump and was caught behind -- to his evident disgust -- as a sparkling 77-ball innings featuring 52 runs in boundaries ended tamely. Surrey and England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, fresh from his unbeaten hundred in the second Test at Old Trafford, was 11 not out when bad light ended play half an hour before the scheduled close even though the floodlights were on. "With the weather around, the wicket (pitch) being under the covers for three days, it did feel like one of the bowlers was going to get a bagful," Robinson told reporters.

"Fortunately it was me and it's put the team in a great position." Broad's haul meant he equalled retired Australia great Glenn McGrath's career total of 563 Test wickets, with only England team-mate James Anderson (665) having taken more Test wickets by a fast bowler. "He (McGrath) is a hero of mine," Broad told Sky Sports after stumps. "He obviously played a lot less games (124 Tests to Broad's 159).