Live cricket scores: Australian bowlers ripping through Proteas as Steve Smith catches everything
Matthew Renshaw handed the Aussies ascendancy on day two with a career-high 190 but it’s now up to the bowlers to make the most of his rescue efforts. Follow all the action from Durban in our live blog.
Matthew Renshaw handed the Aussies ascendancy on day two with a career-high 190 but it’s now up to the bowlers to make the most of his rescue efforts.
Josh Hazlewood claimed an early scalp before bad light ended play on day one but Proteas opener Aiden Markram shapes as the vital breakthrough on day three.
Follow all the action from Durban in our live blog.
Aaron Kirby is reporting live.
Jansen strikes
Big Marco is swinging hard and he is finding the gaps so far.
He’s giving the Aussies something to think about as fielder push back.
SA 6-183
Bang, Bang
Marco Jansen knows how to deal with the short ball.
Cummins brough deep backward square up and drops short twice and gets smoked to the rope.
This will be a must-watch battle with Jansen.
And they have bizarrly brought on Webster to ball medium pace.
SA 6-170
CATCH!!!!
Stubbs has fallen for the most obvious trap in cricket.
Cummins moved deep backward square out with deep fine leg, telling the South African he could expect a short ball.
He delivered it and Stubbs pulled it straight Hazlewood at deep fine leg.
Gone for 32 and the hosts are in deep trouble having yet to pass the follow-on score.
SA 6-162
The Periscope!
Cummins has forced the error from Mulder with a good surprise bouncer.
He got it to rise and Mulder tried to pull out of the pull shot.
But he couldn’t get it out of the way and the ball lobs up to Cooper Connolly at mid-wicket.
He goes for 30 from 50.
SA 5-155
Flattened out
The baking sun has done it’s job at the lunch break alongside the roller.
There’s not much movement and even Lyon is not getting the pop he was.
It sees Travis Head get a bowl!
SA 4-142
Streaky runs
The South African fans are getting behind the team.
Mulder gets a thick outside edge on a drive and it runs past gully for four.
The crowd are looking for any way to support their team after a tough start to the day.
SA 4-123
Back underway
Starc starts with a very loose one.
His second was full and wide but cover saves his blushes.
SA 4-115
ANALYSIS
Nathan Lyon is still Australia’s game-changer having answered doubts in that session.
Lunch
Australia are firmly in the driver’s seat as we head to the first break of the day.
They will feel unlucky not to be taking Mulder, who has a best of 357, with them.
But it was Lyon’s session as his spin and bounce put doubt in the batters mind and made them cautious against the quicks as well.
SA 4-115
LYOOOON! overturned
The offie strikes again!
He uses the slider to catch Mulder’s outside edge and the catch is pounched by Marnus at first slip.
They use the video to check the ball didn’t hit the ground and it’s very close and they decide it touched the grass.
Very lucky for South Africa, it could have gone either way.
SA 4-114
