England made to toil by David Wiese as South African Invitational XI match ends in draw

Day two (close): South African Invitational XI (263) draw with England (317-5dec).

James Anderson managed a solitary wicket to Ryan Sidebottom's five as he sought to prove his fitness for the first Test as England suffered at the hands of David Wiese at Buffalo Park.

The tourists' premier fast bowler has been troubled by a mystery knee injury for the past two months, but it has not stopped him leading the attack when required.

With the opening Test of four set to start on Wednesday at Centurion, he needed to come through at least two spells today and remain fit over the next three days.

Wickets would be a bonus and Anderson had one in only his second over as a South African Invitational XI responded to England's 317 for five declared by faltering to 76 for five.

But he and others took plenty of afternoon punishment as Wiese (80) launched a telling counter-attack as the home side reached 263 all out in a drawn contest.

Half-centuries from Yaseen Vallie (56) and then seventh-wicket pair Charl Pietersen (64) and Wiese turned minor frustration to something a little more significant for England.

Vallie began the fightback by staying put either side of lunch, reaching his 50 in early afternoon with a cover drive off Sidebottom (five for 42) for his eighth four from 59 balls.

He and Pietersen put on 67 but that proved only a taster of a more destructive and unbroken century partnership to come. Graeme Swann snared Vallie in classic off-spin mode, drawing the batsman into an expansive drive and turning the ball back through him to disturb the top of middle stump.

Still the boundaries flowed, though - 41 to go with three sixes before tea - as Wiese and Pietersen showed scant respect to an international attack.

The former reached his 50 from only 45 balls, 48 of his runs to that point coming in boundaries, and England's miserable afternoon was complete when Matt Prior dropped a Pietersen edge off his namesake Kevin from the last ball of the session.

That slip cost England nothing, though as Sidebottom returned to york Pietersen and also bowl an ever attack-minded Wiese with the aid of reverse swing, the last four wickets falling for only 19 runs.

Taking the new ball with Sidebottom, also back after injury, Anderson had soon seen off Andrea Agathagelou lbw.

Sidebottom made Divan van Wyk pay for a loose back-foot force, inside-edged on to his stumps.

Stuart Broad ought to have been in the wickets column straightaway but Swann dropped a head-high chance at second slip from Broad's third ball as Sammy-Joe Avontuur fenced at a little extra bounce.

The same batsman was gone without addition when he nibbled away from his body to be caught behind off Sidebottom.

As the home batsmen continued to mix flamboyant boundaries with edges and mishits, there was a wicket each before lunch for both Broad and Luke Wright.

The Sussex all-rounder struck with only his second delivery, Mangaliso Mosehle edging behind as he tried to thrash a short ball through the off-side, and Broad had Wendell Bossenger pulling to mid-on.