Moores backs England to respond

Peter Moores has urged England to "show some character" as they attempt to bounce back from a desperate opening-day performance in the third Test against South Africa.

Aiming to make a positive statement following their 10-wicket defeat at Headingley, England instead capitulated to 231 all out after winning the toss at Edgbaston. South Africa will resume this morning just 193 runs adrift on 38 for one.

"What the team has to do is show some character and get stuck in, which they'll do," said Moores. "We have to pull ourselves tight, get out there and scrap hard to get ourselves back into the game."

He added: "The lads have been in good spirits. We wanted to get more runs but we know what we've got, so we have got to come back with something and fight our way back into the game.

"We will say we wanted to get more runs, of course we will, but that's what we've got and we have to work with that because over the next few days we have to fight our way back and bowl them out to put them under some pressure."