PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — England batted confidently to reach 88-1 by stumps yesterday after Graeme Swann had taken five wickets to help bowl out South Africa for 418 on the third day of the first Test.

Swann claimed his third five-wicket haul in 13 Tests, finishing with 5-110 from 45.2 overs of offspin at SuperSport Park with the Proteas tailenders adding more than 100 runs after the last specialist batsman, J . Duminy, had been dismissed for 56.

England captain Andrew Strauss was 44 not out at the close and will resume today alongside Jonathan Trott on 18.

Strauss looked untroubled at the crease, hitting and six fours in 70 balls. He put on 63 with Trott, who faced 56 balls.

De Wet finished the day with 1-46 from seven overs, easily the most expensive of the four bowlers used by South Africa.

Alastair Cook was the England batsman out, caught on 15 by wicketkeeper Mark Boucher to give debutant fast bowler Friedel de Wet his first Test wicket and leave the visitors on 25-1 in the sixth over.

Cook had been dropped on the fourth ball of the innings, put down in a regulation chance by AB de Villiers at third slip from paceman Makhaya Ntini, who is playing in his 100th Test.

Jacques Kallis’ 32nd Test century provided the highlight of South Africa’s innings, with Duminy hitting 56. But it was Proteas’ lower order that frustrated Strauss, who put South Africa in to bat after winning the toss Wednesday.

Scoreboard

South Africa 1st Innings (overnight 262-4)

G Smith c Prior b Broad 0

A Prince c Collingwood b Swann 45

H Amla c Collingwood b Onions 19

J Kallis c Collingwood b Anderson 120

AB de Villiers c Cook b Swann 32

JP Duminy c Collingwood b Swann 56

M Boucher c Cook b Swann 49

M Morkel c Prior b Onions 13

P Harris b Onions 38

F de Wet lbw b Swann 20

M Ntini not out 4

Extras: (2b, 15lb, 5w) 22

TOTAL: (all out for) 418

Overs: 1532

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-51, 3-93, 4-159, 5-283, 6-316, 7-341, 8-377, 9-414

Bowling: Anderson 37-9-104-1 (1w), Broad 32-8-74-1 (2w), Onions 30-5-86-3 (2w), Swann 452-10-110-5, Collingwood 7-1-18-0, Trott 2-0-9-0

England 1st Innings

A Strauss not out 44

A Cook c Boucher b De Wet 15

J Trott not out 18

Extras: (1lb, 5w, 5nb) 11

TOTAL: (for one wicket) 88

Overs: 23

Fall of wickets: 1-25

Bowling: Ntini 7-1-18-0, de Wet 7-0-46-1 (3nb, 1w), Morkel 4-0-12-0 (2nb), Harris 5-2-11-0

Toss: England

Umpires: A Dar, Pakistan, S Davis, Australia

TV umpire: A Saheba, India Match referee: R Mahanama, Sri Lanka.