England v SA - day three

1 of 12 Graham Thorpe plays fluently to stroke his way to an impressive half century on his return to the Test arena

2 of 12 Marcus Trescothick reaches a well-deserved fourth Test century - his first for 15 months and his first against a non-Asian country

3 of 12 Thorpe reaches a superb century after lunch - his 12th Test ton and first at The Oval - from just 199 balls to a rapturous reception

4 of 12 Makhaya Ntini shows his frustration as England pile on the runs at a rapid rate and the tourists remain wicketless on the third day

5 of 12 Thorpe eventually perishes bowled by Jacques Kallis for an outstanding 124 to end a third-wicket partnership of 268

6 of 12 Kallis (centre) claims his side's only success of the day so far as England creep nearer South Africa's first innings total of 484

7 of 12 Ed Smith replaces Thorpe at the crease but after getting off the mark with a classy four he falls lbw to Andrew Hall for 16

8 of 12 Hall captures the wicket of Smith with a close lbw decision to leave England on 379-4, 104 runs behind the tourists' total

9 of 12 The South African team line up as a mark of respect as Alec Stewart comes to the crease for possibly his final Test innings

10 of 12 Trescothick carries on where he left off after tea to reach his first ever Test double hundred

11 of 12 Stewart scores 38 before being trapped lbw by Pollock, much to the disappointment of a capacity crowd at The Oval

12 of 12 Trescothick finally holes out for 219 and England finish the day on 502-7, 18 runs ahead of South Africa