England Lions vs South Africa A first four-day match, live updates: Asa Tribe leads Lions' fightback in the second innings

England Lions finished day two at 213-4 in 57 overs in their second innings, with Asa Tribe unbeaten for 88, while Mayes is at 35. Lions lead by 39 runs.

Asa Tribe held on to one end and completed his fifty, with the Lions at 189-4 after 50 overs in the final session of day two, leading by 15 runs. Tribe is unbeaten on 71, and Ben Mayes has scored 28.

After conceding a 174-run first-innings lead, the England Lions have fought back well to cross the 100-run mark in their second innings with only three wickets lost.

They are 110-3 after 29 overs in the third session on day two, with Asa Tribe (42) and Charlie Allison (0) at the crease, and stil trailing by 64.

South Africa A added 12 more runs after Ackerman's dismissal to finish on 331.

The visiting skipper tries to reverse-sweep his opposite number, and yorks himself in the process. He goes for a stunning 173.

South Africa A are 319-9.

Ackerman's excellent century, with some lower-order resistance, means South Africa A now lead by over 100.

A splendid knock from the visiting skipper gets him to a 14th first-class century, off just 87 balls.

A first breakthrough of the morning for the Lions! Left-armer Alfie Ogborne gets this to straighten from over the wicket and trap Mokoena lbw.  

Ackerman and Mokoena add some quick runs in the first 15 minutes to swell the visitors' lead.

Seventeen wickets fell at Arundel yesterday as South Africa A took a 27-run lead.

Captain Marques Ackerman is unbeaten on 79 off 61 overnight, and there could be a century on the cards for him today.

Mitch Stanley and Eddie Jack combined to give the Lions a great start with the ball, reducing South Africa A to 5-54 by the 13th over. Sinethemba Qeshile and captain Marques Ackerman then added 50 runs for the sixth wicket before the former fell.

The skipper then added another 80 runs with No.8 Prenelan Subrayen, who was dismissed in the last over of the day by Jack, who currently has figures of 3-41. Stanley has 3-46, whereas Ackerman is unbeaten on 79.

South Africa A lead by 27 runs.

Wickets continued to tumble on the first day of the Test, with South Africa A losing half their side in 12.4 overs. Eddie Jack has taken two wickets. 

Mitch Stanley led the Lions' comeback, picking up three scalps in three successive overs - he dismissed Ton de Zorzi, Jordan Hermann and Zubayr Hamza to leave South Africa A reeling at 38-3. The visitors lost another wicket, with opener Lesego Senokwane falling for 14, leaving the team at 48-4 in 11. 

England Lions' innings lasted just 44.5 overs as they were shot out for 157 in the first innings. Jason Smith finished with 4-15, with Nqobani Mokoena getting three wickets. No Lions batter could cross 25. 

The Lions have fallen to 111-8 in 34.4 overs, with Mokoena picking up three scalps and Paterson taking two. Ekansh Singh, who batted at No.7, is the only batter to score 25 in what has been a disastrous collapse for the hosts.

Asa Tribe and Charlie Allison were dismissed within three deliveries of each other as the Lions' problems worsened. They have now lost half the side with just 19 overs bowled in the innings. Ben Mayes and Ekansh Singh are currently on the crease.

Dane Paterson has taken two wickets, while Nqobani Mokoena, Jason Smith and Ottneil Baartman have all taken one apiece so far.

Score: England Lions 47-5 after 19 overs.

ICYMI, Dan Mousley had been named England Lions captain for their series against South Africa A, with seven players receiving call-ups to the development squad for the first time.

Ben Geddes' stay at the crease also did not last long: The No.4 batter was Nqobani Mokoena's first wicket, departing for 6, as the Lions were reduced to 18-3. 

Paterson sent back Ben McKinney, one of the contenders to make the senior Test team, in the third over of the innings, before dismissing Mousley in his next over, leaving the Lions reeling at 10-2, 

England Lions' captain Dan Mousley won the toss and batted first, a decision that may not have paid off after they lost three quick wickets.