Joe Root fell 10 runs short of his double-century before Stuart Broad's unconventional hitting took over to keep England in control against South Africa at Lord's.
Root, who marked his first day as Test captain with a century and resumed on 184, could add only six more runs before Morne Morkel (4-115) had him caught-behind pushing forward.
The tall fast bowler then doubled up with the wicket of Liam Dawson, lbw for a second-ball duck in just his second Test, but Moeen Ali (87) and Broad (57 not out) helped England turn their overnight 5-357 into 458 all out half-an-hour before lunch on day two of this four-match series.
Broad's crowd-pleasing turn was a 45-ball 50, which he completed with successive pulled sixes off Morkel to add to his seven fours as he and James Anderson compounded South Africa's frustrations in an entertaining 10th-wicket stand of 45 from just 27 deliveries.
Root had been hoping to become the first batsman to record a second Lord's double-hundred - adding to his unbeaten 200 exactly against Sri Lanka here three years ago, in his comeback match after being dropped at the end of the 2013-14 Ashes.
Instead, though, Morkel ended his 6-1/4-hour stay - after Root had hit 27 fours and a six from 234 balls - in the third over of another glorious day, and then struck again almost immediately when Dawson's recourse to DRS narrowly failed to overturn umpire Sundaram Ravi's decision as technology depicted the ball going on to flick the top of the off-bail.
Root's stand with Moeen had ended on 177 but England were still in an advantageous position, considering they were 2-17 when their new captain first took guard.
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