A partnership of 111 between centurion Joe Root (106*) and Ben Stokes (58) helped England recover from 91/4 on the second day at the Wanderers against South Africa.
The hosts resumed the day on 267/7, with contributions from Chris Morris (28), Kagiso Rabada (24), Hardus Viljoen (20*) and Morne Morkel (12) helping them up to 313 before being bowled out.
Wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow finished with six catches as Stuart Broad (2/82), James Anderson (1/60) and Stokes (3/53) wrapped the innings up.
Cook's leg-side issue
Reminiscent of his dismissal in the second innings in Cape Town, captain Alastair Cook was once again caught down the leg-side as debutant Viljoen (1/57) claimed a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket - much like Graeme Swann did in India in 2008.
Cook tends to have an issue in the corridoor of uncertainty outside off stump, and usually scores the bulk of his runs through midwicket off his legs on the front and back foot. But recently he has fallen back into his old ways of falling over towards the off side and becoming vulnerable off his legs - being dismissed in that manner in his last two innings.
Once Nick Compton (26) and James Taylor (7) were dismissed cheaply - with the latter being caught at short leg fending to a rearing delivery from Morkel (2/63) - England were in disarray at 91/4.
The counter-attack
Stokes, fresh off the back of his monumental 198-ball 258 at Newlands, counterattacked alongside Root to add 111 in just under 16 overs after surviving a threatening bouncer from Morkel.
The Durham all-rounder continued his assault from Cape Town against Morris (0/62), clubbing him for four boundaries inside two overs after hitting Rabada (2/44) for a sailing six over the mid-wicket fence from the fifth delivery he faced.
The 24-year-old miscued a flick off his legs to hand Morkel an easy caught and bowled in his followthrough for his second wicket of the day.
Root's New Year's resolution comes good
The Yorkshireman stated at the turn of the year that he wanted to convert his starts into big matchwinning scores - it's worth nothing that England have never lost a Test match when Root has made three figures, with six wins and two draws.
In the second test, England's first after the new year, Root made scores of 50 and 29, after 73 and 24 in the first. Before the third Test got underway the 25-year-old had eight hundreds and 18 fifties to his name in Test cricket. When you compare him to the other two great young batsmen in world cricket - Steven Smith and Kane Williamson - Smith has 13 hundreds and 14 fifties, whilst Williamson has 13 hundreds and 18 fifties. Both have better conversion rates than Root.
A visibly struggling Root went to his ninth Test ton, his second overseas, with a beautiful cover drive, mush like fellow Yorkshireman Michael Vaughan, and proved his class throughout as he became the first batsman in the match to reach three figures.
He finished unbeaten on 106 when bad light and rain curtained proceedings. His knock included 17 boundaries, and England will want much of the same from their marquee player to give the visitors a dominant lead on a difficult pitch.