How edged a Ryan Sidebottom delivery short of the slip cordon, while Bell survived a strong lbw shout against Broad, but four consecutive boundaries off the misfiring James Anderson got the latter going nicely.
Strauss, full of confidence after his century in the victory at Old Trafford, took his team calmly to 84-2 at lunch, but in the first over after the interval edged a very wide delivery high to first slip.
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Flintoff broke through in the third over as Chamila Gamage edged a rising delivery to Batty at third slip.
It was Morkel who struck next, in the 14th over, as Hussey, who has been woefully out of form and looked uncomfortable, lazily edged a full delivery to Kallis at second slip.
Kent skipper Key was an early casualty, edging a good delivery from Hoggard to first slip, but Denly had a reprieve on 17 when Andrew Gale dropped his carved stroke at third man off Naved.
Four years ago, England's main strike bowler Steve Harmison famously sent the first delivery of the series to second slip.
Shantry then struck to have James Taylor caught behind as he tried to drive, and Australian Andrew McDonald became another Shantry victim when a fine delivery saw him edge to second slip.
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Smith and Amla took South Africa into the lead and Smith duly reached his inevitable century before, on 105, he edged a delivery from Ryan Sidebottom to Strauss at first slip and left to a standing ovation.
The tone was set three balls into Roach's first over when danger-man Tamim Iqbal flashed at an angled delivery but succeeded only in edging to Sammy at slip.
Lamb, on four, survived a confident appeal after edging a delivery from Collymore low to skipper Chris Adams at second slip.
Opener Moore fended off a short ball to Devon Smith at second slip before Jonathan Trott drove at a wide delivery and was caught behind by Denesh Ramdin.
It was 36-3 when Hoggard trapped James Hildreth lbw to for two and Justin Langer soon followed, caught at slip by Jacques Rudolph attempting to run a delivery from Steve Patterson to third man.
Pothas struck Keedy for two sixes on the way to his highest score of the season before he swung at a Chapple delivery, with Flintoff holding on to a waist-high slip catch.
The off-spinner had already turned his first delivery sharply to remove JP Duminy for seven, caught at slip, and in his second over De Villiers went for a sweep with England's appeal for a catch at leg-slip upheld by on-field umpire Tony Hill.
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He thundered in from the Pavilion End, using the slope to his advantage, and he snuffed out any unlikely concerns that Australia might smash the record books by dismissing Brad Haddin with only his fourth delivery of the morning - via a beautifully taken catch at second slip by Paul Collingwood.
Bresnan's second wicket came in more authentic style when Denesh Ramdin, facing only his second delivery, edged a well pitched-up away-swinger to third slip.
Strauss won the toss but soon lost his wicket to a bouncy Calvin Williams delivery which looped off the shoulder of the bat to Junie Mitchum at third slip.
The left-hander hit three quick fours making Ntini opt to go around the wicket, and when a shorter delivery seamed away from Hayden a thick edge flew to captain Graeme Smith at first slip.
He struck first by having Kyle Coetzer caught at first slip for six and won an lbw verdict against Qasim Sheikh with his next delivery.
Vincent had been dropped at slip by Rory Kleinveldt off Tomlinson but rashly pulled the bowler's next delivery to substitute fielder Chris Benham at square leg.
It was 166-5 - a lead of only 132 - when another Rashid delivery caught the shoulder of Hildreth's bat and Richard Pyrah accepted the chance at slip.
The score had moved on to 91-2 in the 13th over when Tredwell struck another blow as a beautifully flighted delivery clipped the edge of Darren Bravo's bat and was snaffled low down by Strauss at slip.
One delivery pitched in the footmarks well wide of off-stump and had to be collected by Smith at first slip.
Stuart Clark made an immediate breakthrough when his first delivery of the day bounced awkwardly and accounted for Aaron Redmond, who was caught by Ricky Ponting at second slip for three.
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