The highlight is always the question-and-answer session with Buffett and his longtime partner Charlie Munger, and for the past few years Buffett has added wrinkles such as hosting journalists and analysts to ask questions alongside shareholder queries.
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, who was supposed to speak on the first session, has been replaced by Founders Fund managing partner and Forbes cover boy Sean Parker.
Stewart proved a dependable partner for Trescothick, who by the evening session was dispatching South Africa's disorganised and weary attack to all parts of the ground.