| 0 | 89.5 | 89.5: Pat Cummins to Simon Harmer, No run, played towards mid wicket. |
| 0 | 89.4 | 89.4: Pat Cummins to Simon Harmer, Nips away, full and outside off, Harmer is squared up while defending, gets an outside edge but the ball goes to ground towards gully. |
| 0 | 89.3 | 89.3: Pat Cummins to Simon Harmer, Good length, on the off stump line. Harmer defends it to the left of the bowler. |
| 1 | 89.2 | 89.2: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, 1 run, that is defended off the back foot to the off side for a single. |
| 4 | 89.1 | 89.1: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! HUNDRED FOR TEMBA BAVUMA! A monumental innings from the skipper, his fifth Test century, and a true captain's knock. Walking in with the score at a precarious 12 for 2, he dug in, showed a huge appetite for runs, and has steered his side out of trouble. Short by Cummins, on the leg stump, Temba Bavuma hangs back and pulls it wide of mid-wicket for a cracking four. |
| 0 | 88.6 | 88.6: Josh Hazlewood to Simon Harmer, Attacks the stumps again with a full ball, Harmer is watchful. Gets across and solidly defends it to mid on. |
6 Over | Run: 271/7 | Run Rate: 3.04
| 0 | 88.5 | 88.5: Josh Hazlewood to Simon Harmer, Cannons it on the stumps, full in length, Harmer tries to flick but gets a leading edge and it goes trickling to mid off. |
| 0 | 88.4 | 88.4: Josh Hazlewood to Simon Harmer, Hammers it on a length, outside off, Harmer is happy to leave. |
| 0 | 88.3 | 88.3: Josh Hazlewood to Simon Harmer, Beaten! On a good length and it shapes away from the batter. Harmer loosely dangles the bat to defend but gets beaten on the outside edge. The ball rarely rises up and struggles to carry to the keeper. |
| 0 | 88.2 | 88.2: Josh Hazlewood to Simon Harmer, Slightly full and outside off, Harmer leaves. |
| 4 | 88.1 | 88.1: Josh Hazlewood to Simon Harmer, FOUR! Top shot! Short of a length, nipping away, outside off. Harmer gets on top of the bounce with a little hop and with a mere punch, he finds the gap at backward point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 87.6 | 87.6: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Half a shout for caught behind! Turned down by the umpire. Down leg, on a shortish length. Bavuma pivots on the back foot to hook it away but misses. |
6 Over | Run: 267/7 | Run Rate: 3.03
| 0 | 87.5 | 87.5: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Oh, hello! Hits the hard length, does Starc. Bavuma presses up on his toes to punch it away with an angled bat but he chops it down as the ball drops at his feet. The batters think about sneaking in a quick single but they decide against it as Starc attacks the ball. |
| 1 | 87.4 | 87.4: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, On the pads, on a good length. Harmer clips it wide of deep fine leg and takes a single. Anticipation grows around the crowd as Bavuma stands 1 run away from a hundred. |
| 0 | 87.3 | 87.3: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, Goes past the bat! Pitched up from around the wicket, just outside off. Harmer pushes out in front of his body but is beaten on the outside edge as the ball nips away. |
| 1 | 87.2 | 87.2: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Onto 99! On a hard length, on off. Bavuma presses up on his toes and dabs it to deep point for a run. |
| 1 | 87.1 | 87.1: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, Angled away, on a length. Harmer drives it to the left of mid off and hurries to the other end. |
| 1 | 86.6 | 86.6: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, Banged in short, on off. Harmer swivels and climbs onto the pull, playing it towards deep square leg for one. |
6 Over | Run: 264/7 | Run Rate: 3.03
| 0 | 86.5 | 86.5: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, In and around the off pole, on a good length. Harmer walks across and brings his bat out in front to push it to mid off. |
| 0 | 86.4 | 86.4: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, In the channel, on the fuller side. Harmer offers no shot. |
| 0 | 86.3 | 86.3: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, On a back of a length, on middle. Simon presents a straight and taps it down the deck. The ball rolls on to hit the stumps at the bowling end. |
| 0 | 86.2 | 86.2: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, Outside off, on a good length. Simon shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 86.1 | 86.1: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, Angled in on a length, on middle. Harmer knocks it to mid on. |
| 0 | 85.6 | 85.6: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Outside off, on a back of a length, Bavuma makes the leave. |
6 Over | Run: 263/7 | Run Rate: 3.06
| 2 | 85.5 | 85.5: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Run out chance! Simon Harmer was gone for all money had the throw hit. Angled in at the hips. Bavuma clips it in front of square on the leg side and pushes his partner through for a risky second run. The fielder in the deep swoops in, picks the ball up and has a shy at the bowling end but misses as Harmer dives to get home. Even the dive would not have saved Simon had the throw hit. A hand of apology straight away from Temba Bavuma as he realises that he took a needless risk there. |
| 0 | 85.4 | 85.4: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, A rare loose shot by Temba and he gets away with it. Starc switches to around the wicket, on a back of a length, outside off. Bavuma pokes at the delivery away from his body and he is lucky not to nick this one behind. |
| 4 | 85.3 | 85.3: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Skillfully done. Cross seam ball, on a good length, outside off. Bavuma lets the ball come on and guides it down with an open bat face. Plays it well wide to the left of the gully fielder and the fielder in the deep stands no chance. Bavuma moves to 96. |
| 1 | 85.2 | 85.2: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, Bowled on a hard length, on off. Harmer uses the pace and the angle to glide it behind square on the off side for a run. |
| 1 | 85.1 | 85.1: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Slanting away off the seam, on a back of a length, on middle and leg. Bavuma presses up on his toes and gets his bat out in front, looking to drop it on the leg side. He is opened up due to the seam movement. It is squirted off the outer half to cover for a single. |
| 0 | 84.6 | 84.6: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, Drags the length back, on off. Simon stays back to defend. |
6 Over | Run: 255/7 | Run Rate: 3.00
| 0 | 84.5 | 84.5: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, At the stumps, full in length. The ball pings off Harmer's blade as he clips it off the pads but he picks out Travis Head at mid-wicket. |
| 4 | 84.4 | 84.4: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, FOUR! Lovely shot. A little too straight by Boland, on a length, on the pads. Harmer stays balanced at the crease and plays a wristy flick behind square leg for his first boundary. |
| 0 | 84.3 | 84.3: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, Floated up there, inviting the drive. Simon lets it be. |
| 0 | 84.2 | 84.2: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, Darted back in off the seam, on a nagging length, on off. Simon hangs back to play the line but is beaten on the inside edge and the ball kicks up a bit to hit him on the back thigh. |
| 0 | 84.1 | 84.1: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, Bangs it in short and directs it at the bodyline of the batter. Harmer takes his eyes off the ball as he ducks. |
| 1 | 83.7 | 83.6: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, Gets off the mark on the 15th ball. Starc stays full, around the off stump. Harmer gets a good stride in and pushes it to the right of mid off for a single. |
7 Over | Run: 251/7 | Run Rate: 2.99
| 0 | 83.6 | 83.5: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, A hint of inward shape, fuller and just outside the off stump. Harmer shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 83.5 | 83.4: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, Was there an edge? No interest shown by the men behind the bat but Mitchell Starc seems to have heard something as has the man at mid-wicket. Full and pushed across the right-hander. Harmer pushes at the ball, looking to work it down the ground. The ball leaves him with the angle to whiz past the blade. Flat line on UltraEdge. Australia lose their first review. |
| 0 | 83.4 | 83.4: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, FIVE WIDES! Starc bends his back and digs it in short, aimed around the left shoulder. Harmer ducks but the ball keeps climbing and sails over the leaping keeper. |
| 0 | 83.3 | 83.3: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, On a hard length, on off. Simon rises with the bounce and fends it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 83.2 | 83.2: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, At the hips, Harmer fails to help it away and wears it on the thigh pad. |
| 1 | 83.1 | 83.1: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Down leg, on a back of a length. Bavuma gets a bit of bat on the tickle before the ball trickles behind off the thigh pad for a single. |
| 0 | 82.6 | 82.6: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, Hits the good length, in line with the off stump. Harmer's bat comes down at angle and the ball is squirted off the outer half to point. |
6 Over | Run: 244/7 | Run Rate: 2.94
| 0 | 82.5 | 82.5: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, Wider on off, not close enough to make the batter play. Harmer leans across and leaves the ball alone. |
| 0 | 82.4 | 82.4: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, In the channel, Simon covers the off stump and makes the leave. |
| 0 | 82.3 | 82.3: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, On a length, around the off stump. Harmer shuffles across, gets behind the line and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 82.2 | 82.2: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Bowled by going wide on the crease, full and attacking the front pad. Bavuma guides it to deep point for a run. |
| 0 | 82.1 | 82.1: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, A bit of shape back into the right-hander, on a length, on off. Bavuma lunges and dabs it to gully. |
| 0 | 81.6 | 81.6: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, Just a hint of inward shape on top of off, Harmer bravely leaves it on a length. |
6 Over | Run: 243/7 | Run Rate: 2.96
| 0 | 81.5 | 81.5: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, On a good length, around the leg stump, Harmer plays with a vertical bat and stabs it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 81.4 | 81.4: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, Bangs it short and outside off, Harmer shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 81.3 | 81.3: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, Far outside off, perhaps looking to swing it in, but it holds the line and Harmer is happy to leave. |
| 0 | 81.2 | 81.2: Mitchell Starc to Simon Harmer, Straight, full, outside off, Harmer nails the drive to the off side, but cannot get it past short cover as Cummins makes a sharp stop to his left. |
| 1 | 81.1 | 81.1: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Shortish delivery, outside off, Bavuma cuts it square to deep backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 80.6 | 80.6: Scott Boland to Simon Harmer, Tight line, on a length, around off, Simon makes a close leave, trusting the bounce. |
6 Over | Run: 242/7 | Run Rate: 2.99
| 0 | 80.5 | 80.5: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, OUT! CAUGHT! Who else but Boland? A sensational five-for for the big Victorian. He shapes it in a touch, full in length, Marco Jansen actually times the flick right off the middle of his blade, but cannot keep it along the ground. It goes flat to the left of short mid-wicket, at the rate of knots. But Travis Head sees the ball like a hawk and takes a fine catch to his left. Big relief for the Aussies as Jansen falls 15 short of a maiden Test ton and South Africa are 242/7. |
| 0 | 80.4 | 80.4: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, At 137 kph, outside off on a length, Jansen leaves. |
| 0 | 80.3 | 80.3: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Nagging length, on top of middle, angling in, Jansen barely moves his feet and blocks it off the inner half. |
| 0 | 80.2 | 80.2: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Beats the bat! This one nips away after hitting the seam, in the channel, on a good length. Jansen tentatively pokes at it, plays inside the line and is beaten all ends up. |
| 0 | 80.1 | 80.1: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Swing straightaway! Boland gets the ball to shape back into the batter, on a good length. Marco has little space to work with, tries to tuck it to the leg side but misses and takes a painful blow right on the box. He is down on the ground and grimacing in pain. Everyone sees the funny side of it, except the batter. |
| 0 | 79.6 | 79.6: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, outside off, Bavuma nudges it to the cover-point region with soft hands. A probing over from 'Slug'. |
6 Over | Run: 242/6 | Run Rate: 3.02
| 0 | 79.5 | 79.5: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Full now, outside off, Bavuma presses forward to defend, but gets beaten on the outside edge by a whisker. Good channel. |
| 0 | 79.4 | 79.4: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Beauty! A bit short of a length, outside off, Temba Bavuma tries to knock it to point, but it nips away and zips past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 79.3 | 79.3: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, On top of off, on a good length, Bavuma rocks back and bunts it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 79.2 | 79.2: Beau Webster to Marco Jansen, Fuller one, on leg, Jansen flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 79.1 | 79.1: Beau Webster to Marco Jansen, Aims the off stump, full in length, defended firmly. |
| 1 | 78.6 | 78.6: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, Dropped short on off, Jansen whacks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 241/6 | Run Rate: 3.05
| 4 | 78.5 | 78.5: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, FOUR! Lucky! Full and tossed up on middle, the arm ball skids through. Jansen clears his front leg looks to slog across the line, but gets an inside edge that shoots past Carey's left for four. |
| 1 | 78.4 | 78.4: Nic Maddinson to Temba Bavuma, Shortish delivery, angling in, Bavuma nudges it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1 | 78.3 | 78.3: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, Shortish and outside off, turning away. Jansen cuts it hard to Labuschagne's left at short extra cover. Labuschagne gets a hand to it, and the sweeper mops it up. Just a single. |
| 0 | 78.2 | 78.2: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, A touch full, and this is punched to cover. |
| 2 | 78.1 | 78.1: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, Fired in on a fuller length, on off. Jansen dances down the track but fails to carve it to the off side. It goes off the bottom end, just wide of the leg stump and trickles to deep fine leg for a couple of runs. |
| 1 | 77.6 | 77.6: Beau Webster to Marco Jansen, Back of a length, outside off, Jansen square cuts it to deep point for a run. |
6 Over | Run: 232/6 | Run Rate: 2.97
| 0 | 77.5 | 77.5: Beau Webster to Marco Jansen, Nips in onto the pads, Jansen stays rooted in the crease and keeps it out. |
| 0 | 77.4 | 77.4: Beau Webster to Marco Jansen, Full on off, Jansen gets a good stride in and drives it to short cover. |
| 0 | 77.3 | 77.3: Beau Webster to Marco Jansen, On the stumps, full in length, Jansen flicks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 77.2 | 77.2: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Much fuller, on off, Bavuma cracks the straight drive back past the bowler. Pat Cummins dives to his right from mid off and saves a few runs for sure. Restricts the batters to just a single. |
| 0 | 77.1 | 77.1: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Attacks the stumps, on a fullish length. Bavuma is squared up and defends it towards cover. |
| 1 | 76.6 | 76.6: Nic Maddinson to Temba Bavuma, Another full delivery, around off, Bavuma drives it to long off for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 230/6 | Run Rate: 2.99
| 1 | 76.5 | 76.5: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, Full on the stumps, driven down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 76.4 | 76.4: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, Pitched full on leg, clipped to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 76.3 | 76.3: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, Half an appeal for LBW, but not given. Drifts into the batter and Maddinson bowls it a bit quicker, full in length. Marco Jansen shimmies down the track to work it to the leg side but misses. The ball deflects off the pads and rolls to first slip. |
| 0 | 76.2 | 76.2: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, Not too short, outside off, Marco rocks back and slaps it to short cover. |
| 1 | 76.1 | 76.1: Nic Maddinson to Temba Bavuma, Nicely floated, full outside off. It draws Bavuma on the front foot and he drives it past cover for a single. |
| 1 | 75.6 | 75.6: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Bangs it short, on off, Bavuma rifles the pull shot to deep square leg for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 227/6 | Run Rate: 2.99
| 0 | 75.5 | 75.5: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Straighter, fuller, on off, Bavuma defends it with a straight bat. |
| 4 | 75.4 | 75.4: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Finds the gap! Hazlewood goes a bit fuller and outside off, Temba Bavuma gets enough width, and cuts it through the gap between backward point and gully for a boundary. The South African skipper moves to 80! |
| 0 | 75.3 | 75.3: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Bashes the length on top of middle, Bavuma stabs it to the off side. |
| 0 | 75.2 | 75.2: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Nips in, short on off, Bavuma presses back and fends it to short cover. |
| 0 | 75.1 | 75.1: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Hits the length hard, on middle and leg, Bavuma hangs back and punches it to short mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 74.6 | 74.6: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Tests the batter with a sharp bumper, on leg. Marco sits underneath it. |
6 Over | Run: 222/6 | Run Rate: 2.96
| 1 | 74.5 | 74.5: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, At the ribs, short in length, Bavuma swivels and pulls it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 74.4 | 74.4: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, On top of middle, on a length, Bavuma knocks it to short cover. |
| 0 | 74.3 | 74.3: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, From over the stumps. Short outside off, Bavuma sees it through. |
| 1 | 74.2 | 74.2: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Hammered short on leg, Marco nails the pull shot through mid-wicket. Nic Maddinson runs from square leg to his left, fumbles a bit but the ball stays in his reach so the batters don't risk the second. They settle for a single. |
| 0 | 74.1 | 74.1: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Pitched outside leg, short in length, Marco gets inside the line to glance it away but misses. |
| 0 | 73.6 | 73.6: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Not all that full, in line of the off pole, Bavuma plays from the crease and defends it to mid off. |
6 Over | Run: 220/6 | Run Rate: 2.97
| 0 | 73.5 | 73.5: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Short and outside off, punched off the back foot to short cover. |
| 0 | 73.4 | 73.4: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Length-delivery, nipping in and around off, Bavuma lets it pass. |
| 0 | 73.3 | 73.3: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, A bit short and outside off, Bavuma stands tall and cuts it to the fielder at backward point. |
| 1 | 73.2 | 73.2: Josh Hazlewood to Marco Jansen, Once again, on a length, outisde off, Jansen taps it off the back foot to the point region for a single. |
| 1 | 73.1 | 73.1: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, outside off, Bavuma rises up with the bounce and steers it through point for a single. |
| 1 | 72.6 | 72.6: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Pitched halfway, on leg, Bavuma hops off and taps it in front of short mid-wicket and steals a single. |
6 Over | Run: 218/6 | Run Rate: 2.99
| 0 | 72.5 | 72.5: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Zips through from a short length, on the stumps, Jansen is rushed on the pull shot, but the ball doesn't rise much. Beats the inside edge and deflects off the thigh pad towards deep backward point. They get a leg bye. |
| 0 | 72.4 | 72.4: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Another short ball, on leg, Jansen tucks it to a straightish mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 72.3 | 72.3: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Short of a length, around middle and off, Jansen hangs back and punches it to mid off. |
| 0 | 72.2 | 72.2: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, And again! Short-pitched delivery, slanting outside off, Jansen goes for the pull but fails to connect. |
| 0 | 72.1 | 72.1: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Swing and a miss! Cummins from around the stumps. Lands it a tad short and angles it across the batter. Jansen stands still and swings to pull, but the ball skids and beats the bat. |
| 0 | 71.6 | 71.6: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, In the channel, on a length, Bavuma hangs back and taps it with soft hands towards short cover. And that's Lunch on Day 3 in Gqeberha! South Africa are 216/6. |
6 Over | Run: 216/6 | Run Rate: 3.00
| 0 | 71.5 | 71.5: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, on top of off, Bavuma stays deep in the crease and blocks it straight. |
| 0 | 71.4 | 71.4: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Full now, on off, Bavuma presses in front and defends. |
| 0 | 71.3 | 71.3: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, In line of the stumps, on a length, Bavuma steers it to short mid-wicket with soft hands. |
| 0 | 71.2 | 71.2: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, A length-delivery, outside off, Bavuma punches it off the back foot to mid off. |
| 0 | 71.1 | 71.1: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, on middle, Bavuma gets across and knocks it to mid on. |
| 0 | 70.6 | 70.6: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, Keeps it tight on the stumps and Jansen eases it back to the bowler. |
6 Over | Run: 216/6 | Run Rate: 3.04
| 1 | 70.5 | 70.5: Nic Maddinson to Temba Bavuma, Full and outside off, carved away to deep extra cover for a single. |
| 1 | 70.4 | 70.4: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, A 77.1 kph floater, outside off, Jansen takes it on the full and drives it to long off for a single. |
| 0 | 70.3 | 70.3: Nic Maddinson to Marco Jansen, Very full on the stumps, Jansen drills it back to Nic. |
| 1 | 70.2 | 70.2: Nic Maddinson to Temba Bavuma, A bit full and around off, Bavuma works it to deep extra cover for a single. |
| 0 | 70.1 | 70.1: Nic Maddinson to Temba Bavuma, Nic Maddinson is introduced into the attack! Starts with a length ball that drifts in from around the stump. Bavuma tucks it to square leg. |
| 0 | 69.6 | 69.6: Beau Webster to Marco Jansen, On off, good length at 123.6 kph, Jansen defends it on the rise to the off side. |
6 Over | Run: 213/6 | Run Rate: 3.04
| 1 | 69.5 | 69.5: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Slightly back of a length, Bavuma steers it to widish square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 69.4 | 69.4: Beau Webster to Marco Jansen, At the hips, slanted in on a length, Jansen tickles it behind square on the leg side for an easy single. |
| 1 | 69.3 | 69.3: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, On a length, around off, Bavuma hangs back and gently taps it to the point region for a single. |
| 0 | 69.2 | 69.2: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Full and on the stumps, Bavuma draws his front foot forward to block. |
| 0 | 69.1 | 69.1: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, At a gentle pace, full and outside off, Temba pushes it down to mid off. |
| 0 | 68.6 | 68.6: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Stump-to-stump, a quicker one, Jansen strokes it to short mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 210/6 | Run Rate: 3.04
| 0 | 68.5 | 68.5: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Full and goes with the arm, outside off, Jansen leaves. |
| 1 | 68.4 | 68.4: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Pitched full, spinning in from off, Bavuma lunges to defend, but gets it squirted off the inside half of the bat to the right of short mid-wicket. A single and the 100-run partnership comes up between Bavuma and Jansen. |
| 0 | 68.3 | 68.3: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Flat and full, Bavuma flicks it to a straightish short mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 68.2 | 68.2: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Outside the off stump and Jansen stands tall to punch the short ball to long off. One more. |
| 1 | 68.1 | 68.1: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, A very full ball, on off, Bavuma comes forward and clips it between square leg and short mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 67.6 | 67.6: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Full and outside off, Jansen checks the drive to short cover. |
6 Over | Run: 207/6 | Run Rate: 3.04
| 4 | 67.5 | 67.5: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, FOUR! Well struck! He is judging the line and length very well. Another short delivery, on the off stump, but this one doesn't quite get up. Marco Jansen gets the ball at a comfortable height and he whacks the pull through mid-wicket for a cracking boundary. Straightaway, he has asked for a new bat. So maybe he didn't quite get it off the middle. |
| 0 | 67.4 | 67.4: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, A well-directed short ball, leaving the batter with good bounce. Marco stands tall, arches back, keeps his wrists down to leave. |
| 1 | 67.3 | 67.3: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Angling in from around the stump, Bavuma stands tall and pulls the short ball to the left of deep square leg for one more. Bavuma moves to 70. |
| 1 | 67.2 | 67.2: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Hits the deck hard, around off, Jansen rocks back and taps it to the left of short cover for a single. |
| 0 | 67.1 | 67.1: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Slightly full and on off, Marco blocks it off the back foot. |
| 0 | 66.6 | 66.6: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Quicker through the air, on a good length, Bavuma lets the ball spin into him and defends it straight back to the bowler. |
6 Over | Run: 201/6 | Run Rate: 3.00
| 0 | 66.5 | 66.5: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Outside the off stump, on a length, Bavuma goes deep in the crease and leaves. |
| 0 | 66.4 | 66.4: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Smidge short on off, Temba camps back and blocks it to mid on. |
| 0 | 66.3 | 66.3: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, On off and full, smothered straight back. |
| 0 | 66.2 | 66.2: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, A bit short on the stumps, Bavuma hangs back and tucks it to the widish mid-wicket region. Marnus Labuschagne does extremely well to dive and make a one-handed stop to his right. |
| 0 | 66.1 | 66.1: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Full and outside off, pushed to cover-point. |
| 0 | 65.6 | 65.6: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Swing and a miss! On a good length, around leg, Marco swings across the line to pull it away but misses. |
6 Over | Run: 201/6 | Run Rate: 3.05
| 1 | 65.5 | 65.5: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Short of a length, outside off, punched away to widish point for a single. |
| 3 | 65.4 | 65.4: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Good running! Nice work by Cummins. Saves a run for his team. Good cricket overall. 200 up for South Africa! A low full toss on off stump, jagging back in at 146.4 kph. Jansen backs away and drives it to Cummins' left at mid-off. The Australian captain gives chase and does well to haul it back in time, as the batters run three. |
| 1 | 65.3 | 65.3: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Angled in and this is flicked to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1 | 65.2 | 65.2: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Straight up the chimney, but lands safely! A short ball on the leg stump, Jansen swivels and looks to pull it over square leg but the ball gets big on him. Spoons off the top edge and hangs up in the air for a long time. Scott Boland, stationed at deep fine leg, seemingly misjudged the ball's trajectory and is late to charge in off the ropes. By the time he could sprint, the ball drops in the outfield, a few good yards in front of him. One run. |
| 1 | 65.1 | 65.1: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Short from around the stump, angling in, Bavuma rises up and taps it behind point for a single. |
| 2 | 64.6 | 64.6: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Drifting onto the pads, on a fuller length. Jansen steps out and flicks it to the right of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
6 Over | Run: 194/6 | Run Rate: 2.98
| 0 | 64.5 | 64.5: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Looped up, on middle. Jansen puts his head down and has a hoick across the line. Inside edges it towards backward square leg. |
| 0 | 64.4 | 64.4: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Given caught behind but successfully overturned! Pushed through with a flatter trajectory, on a length, outside off. Jansen stays rooted to the crease and has a fiddle at the ball but is beaten past the outside edge. The men around the bat go up in an appeal and the finger is raised. Marco Jansen sends it upstairs straight away. Flat line on UltraEdge when the ball is next to the ball, and the noise heard was from the bat clipping the flap of the back pad. The on-field decision is overturned as South Africa breathe a sigh of relief. |
| 0 | 64.3 | 64.3: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Shorter and on off. Jansen stabs it down from the crease. |
| 1 | 64.2 | 64.2: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Flighted up, on middle. Temba drives it to long on for one. |
| 0 | 64.1 | 64.1: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Tossed up, on middle. Bavuma knocks it to the man at a straightish mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 63.6 | 63.6: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Pushed across off, on a back of a length. Jansen stays beside the line and tries to play it behind point but misses. |
6 Over | Run: 191/6 | Run Rate: 2.98
| 0 | 63.5 | 63.5: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Fuller in length, on off. Jansen firms the drive towards cover. Marnus Labuschagne slides to his right this time and prevents the ball from going past him. A quick No Ball check and Starc has some part of his boot behind the line. |
| 0 | 63.4 | 63.4: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Into the wicket, over middle. Jansen drops it in front of cover. |
| 0 | 63.3 | 63.3: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Angled away, on a back of a length. Marco reaches out and forces it away. Marnus Labuschagne dives to his left at cover and makes the stop. |
| 0 | 63.2 | 63.2: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, On the bounce! On a good length, on middle. Jansen clears the front leg, looking to go down the ground. He does not quite go through with the shot and chips it towards mid on, where Josh Hazlewood tidies up. |
| 1 | 63.1 | 63.1: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Around off, on a back of a length. Bavuma runs it down to deep third for a single. |
| 6 | 62.6 | 62.6: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, SIX! Straight as an arrow! Nearly smashes the window of the commentary box, right above the sight screen, and has the commentators ducking for cover. Flighted delivery, right in the slot, on off. Jansen collapses his back knee and uses his long levers to swing through the line. Thumps it back over the bowler's head for half a dozen. |
6 Over | Run: 190/6 | Run Rate: 3.02
| 1 | 62.5 | 62.5: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, On the shorter side, on off. Bavuma makes room and punches it to deep cover for one. |
| 0 | 62.4 | 62.4: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Outside off, on a length. Bavuma shuffles across to block. |
| 1 | 62.3 | 62.3: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Slightly short, on off. Marco cuts it to deep cover for another single. |
| 1 | 62.2 | 62.2: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Floated up, on off. Bavuma steps out and drives it to deep cover for one more. |
| 1 | 62.1 | 62.1: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Too full, on middle. Jansen drills it to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 61.6 | 61.6: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, A sharp, short ball, over middle. Bavuma drops his wrists and sways away to let the ball pass. |
6 Over | Run: 180/6 | Run Rate: 2.90
| 1 | 61.5 | 61.5: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, FIFTY FOR JANSEN! On a pitch where the batters have struggled to get going against the quality of this Australian attack, Marco Jansen has just walked out and sent a message of his own. What’s all the fuss about, guys? At the hips, tickled down to deep fine leg for a single by Marco to bring up his 5th Test half-century. |
| 0 | 61.4 | 61.4: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, A bouncer now, ducked under. |
| 4 | 61.3 | 61.3: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, FOUR! Marco Jansen is having fun out there. Cummins pitches it up, on off. Jansen clears the front leg and leaves nothing in the tank as he heaves across the line. Mows it wide enough of the man at a wide long on, who is a few yards in off the ropes. 7 fours and 2 sixes in a score of 49 for Jansen. |
| 0 | 61.2 | 61.2: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Similar length, on middle. Marco pats it to mid on from the crease. |
| 0 | 61.1 | 61.1: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Hits the back of a length, on off. Jansen pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 0 | 60.6 | 60.6: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Full and pushes it wider. Temba leans across for the drive. Slices it off the outer half to backward point. |
6 Over | Run: 175/6 | Run Rate: 2.87
| 0 | 60.5 | 60.5: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Goes straight on, full and on off. Bavuma blocks it out off the front foot. |
| 1 | 60.4 | 60.4: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Short and on off, slapped to deep cover for one. |
| 0 | 60.3 | 60.3: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Floated up, on off and middle. Marco defends with the bat close to the front pad. |
| 0 | 60.2 | 60.2: Matt Renshaw to Marco Jansen, Nearly sneaked through! Slower and fractionally short, on off. Jansen is late to get his bat down and the ball stays a bit low. It catches the toe end and dribbles away. |
| 1 | 60.1 | 60.1: Matt Renshaw to Temba Bavuma, Really full, on off. Bavuma squeezes it out. Matt Renshaw dives to his right on his follow-through but cannot make the stop as the ball rolls to long on. They cross. |
| 0 | 59.6 | 59.6: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Honing in on the off stump. Jansen defends it late and close to his body. |
6 Over | Run: 173/6 | Run Rate: 2.88
| 0 | 59.5 | 59.5: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Banged in short, at the batter. Jansen ducks to let the ball sail through. |
| 0 | 59.4 | 59.4: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, How did that miss the stumps? Jansen is setting himself up for the short ball but Cummins nails the yorker, around off. Jansen is late to get his bat down and the ball misses the off pole by a whisker. |
| 0 | 59.3 | 59.3: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Cummins responds with a short ball, over middle and leg. Marco ducks under it. |
| 4 | 59.2 | 59.2: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, FOUR! Have some of that, says Marco. Bowled into the wicket, outside off. This sits up to be hit for Jansen as he opens up the front leg and frees his arms to spank it into the ground and past the diving cover fielder. |
| 0 | 59.1 | 59.1: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Not all that wide, on a good length. Jansen collapses his back knee and has a swing at it, looking to force it through the off side but bunts it towards mid off. |
| 4 | 58.6 | 58.6: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Right off the sweet spot. Boland drifts onto the pads and the ball is a bit too full as well. Bavuma brings his wrists into play and with a still head, he flicks it in the gap between mid-wicket and mid on for a boundary. |
6 Over | Run: 169/6 | Run Rate: 2.86
| 0 | 58.5 | 58.5: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Another ball on that drivable length, Bavuma looks to get it through covers with another drive. Mistimes it off the inner half back to the bowler. |
| 2 | 58.4 | 58.4: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Full and on off. Bavuma leans into the drive and just times it through covers. Cooper Connolly gives chase and slides to haul it in. Two runs taken. |
| 0 | 58.3 | 58.3: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, At 137.1 kph, full and at the sticks. Bavuma presents the full face of the bat and drives it down the ground. Pat Cummins is quick to move to his left and prevents the ball from going past him. |
| 0 | 58.2 | 58.2: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Fuller in length, on the off stump. Bavuma plays the late dab but can't get it through as the gully fielder dives to his right to make the stop. |
| 0 | 58.1 | 58.1: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Moving away off the deck ever so slightly, on a back of a length. Bavuma stands tall on his toes and drops it in front of cover. |
| 2 | 57.6 | 57.6: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Marco moves to 40! A hard-length delivery outside off. It keeps climbing on the batter, but Jansen is tall enough to handle it comfortably. He punches it through to deep point for a couple. |
6 Over | Run: 163/6 | Run Rate: 2.81
| 6 | 57.5 | 57.5: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, SIX! Just goes the distance! That also brings the 50-run stand up between Jansen and Bavuma. Short of a length, angled in, Marco swivels and pulls it aerially. He gets a bit of a top edge but has got enough power to sail it over Cooper Connolly at deep backward square leg for a six. |
| 0 | 57.4 | 57.4: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, The rib-tickler from Cummins. Short and on the bodyline, with a good lift. Marco just manages to duck underneath it. |
| 1 | 57.3 | 57.3: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Good-length, outside off, Bavuma knocks it to cover-point for one more. |
| 2 | 57.2 | 57.2: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Pitched full and outside off, Bavuma prods in front, plays the ball right under his eyes with a bent front leg. Opens the bat face and guides it wide of gully. Webster sprints and chases it in the outfield. Two runs taken. |
| 1 | 57.1 | 57.1: Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Jags in from a good length, on off, Marco hangs back to block, but the ball goes off the inside edge and rolls behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 56.6 | 56.6: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Fuller than a length, on middle and leg, Temba flicks it hard to short mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 151/6 | Run Rate: 2.65
| 0 | 56.5 | 56.5: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, On a good length, outside off. Let through by Bavuma. |
| 1 | 56.4 | 56.4: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Bangs it short on the leg stump, Marco takes his eyes off the ball while trying to defend it off the back foot. Hops on the toes and awkwardly fends it wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 56.3 | 56.3: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Around off on a length, Jansen knocks it to cover-point. |
| 0 | 56.2 | 56.2: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, No run. Play and a miss! The batter wasn't quite sure how to play that one. |
| 0 | 56.1 | 56.1: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Beaten! Short of a good length, outside off, Marco plays at it by getting half-forward, goes for a drive but the ball kicks up to beat his angled bat. |
| 0 | 55.6 | 55.6: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Short and outside off, Bavuma punches it off the back foot to short cover. |
6 Over | Run: 150/6 | Run Rate: 2.68
| 1 | 55.5 | 55.5: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Good length, outside off, Marco camps back and steers it behind point for a single. That brings the 150 up for South Africa! The partnership is now worth 40 runs between this pair. |
| 0 | 55.4 | 55.4: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Full now, outside off. A big-booming straight drive by Marco, but Cummins, from mid off, gets across and makes a diving stop to his right. |
| 1 | 55.3 | 55.3: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, On that 6-8m length, outside off, Bavuma rises up on the toes and taps it wide of cover for a single. |
| 0 | 55.2 | 55.2: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, On a back of a length, on top of off, Bavuma hangs back and defends it to short cover. |
| 1 | 55.1 | 55.1: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Short of a length, outside off, Jansen rides the bounce to punch it away, but chops it between point and gully for a quick single. |
| 1 | 54.6 | 54.6: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Speared on the pads, on a length, Jansen whips it to long leg for an easy single. |
6 Over | Run: 147/6 | Run Rate: 2.67
| 0 | 54.5 | 54.5: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Follows up with a shorter one, outside off, nipping in. Jansen restrains himself, drops his wrists, leans back and leaves. |
| 0 | 54.4 | 54.4: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Around off and full, Jansen presses forward and knocks it to mid off. |
| 0 | 54.3 | 54.3: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Fuller one, outside off, Jansen opens the bat face, plays it late and dabs it towards gully. |
| 6 | 54.2 | 54.2: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, SIX! Stylishly played! Boland goes full and straight on off, Marco stands still at the crease and launches it over long off for a beautiful six. Moves to 27 in a short time, does Jansen. |
| 0 | 54.1 | 54.1: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Alex Carey comes up to the stumps. On a length, around off. Jansen defends by getting forward. |
| 4 | 53.7 | 53.6: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Helped away, and that brings up a FIFTY for Temba Bavuma, his 27th in Tests. Too straight by Starc, on the hips, on a back of a length. Bavuma tickles it fine of the man at deep fine leg to reach his half-century. This has been a fighting knock, and just the response the Proteas needed from their skipper, but Bavuma will know the job is far from done. |
7 Over | Run: 140/6 | Run Rate: 2.59
| 0 | 53.6 | 53.5: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Angled away, on a length. Bavuma lunges across and looks to defend with soft hands. The outside edge goes down and on the bounce to gully, where Beau Webster gets low to make the stop to his left. |
| 0 | 53.5 | 53.4: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Starc looks to go full but ends up bowling a full toss, wide on off. Bavuma reaches out but can't connect. |
| 0 | 53.4 | 53.4: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, No Ball. On the shorter side, not all that wide for the cut, but Bavuma goes for it and is beaten for pace. Oh, Starc has overstepped. |
| 0 | 53.3 | 53.3: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, A bit more effort behind this ball, on a back of a length, going away off the deck and the angle. Bavuma hangs back to deal with it but is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 53.2 | 53.2: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Pushes the length up and the line is wider. Temba offers no shot. |
| 0 | 53.1 | 53.1: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Angled away, on a length. Bavuma leaves it all alone. |
| 0 | 52.6 | 52.6: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Drags the length back, on off. Marco keeps it out off the back foot. |
6 Over | Run: 135/6 | Run Rate: 2.55
| 4 | 52.5 | 52.5: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, FOUR! Hit with absolute authority. A floater by Boland, a bit too full, on middle. Jansen transfers the weight onto the front foot and laces the drive with the full face of the bat back past the bowler. |
| 0 | 52.4 | 52.4: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, On the off stump, on a length. Jansen checks his drive and works it to mid on. |
| 0 | 52.3 | 52.3: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, Outside off, on a good length. Marco shoulders arms. |
| 4 | 52.2 | 52.2: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, FOUR! Nicely done. Boland drifts on the pads, on a length. Jansen lets the ball come on and brings his wrists into play to flick it past mid-wicket for his 4th boundary in 8 balls. |
| 0 | 52.1 | 52.1: Scott Boland to Marco Jansen, On a length, angled in at the off stump. Jansen blocks it out off the front foot. |
| 1 | 51.6 | 51.6: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, On the pads, played towards fine leg for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 127/6 | Run Rate: 2.44
| 4 | 51.5 | 51.5: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, FOUR! Crunched! Full and wide on off. Jansen does not move his feet at all and extends his hands to crack the drive past cover for four more. |
| 4 | 51.4 | 51.4: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, FOUR! Lovely shot. Into the deck, going away. Jansen stands tall on top of the bounce and punches it all along the ground behind point to pick up a four. |
| 0 | 51.3 | 51.3: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, On the shorter side, on middle. Marco presents a straight bat for the block but the ball moves away off the seam to catch the outer half and it dribbles to second slip. |
| 0 | 51.2 | 51.2: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, Beaten! Moving away with the angle, on a back of a length, on middle. Jansen is squared up in defense and is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 4 | 51.1 | 51.1: Mitchell Starc to Marco Jansen, FOUR! Off the edge. Full and wide, Jansen goes chasing the ball well away from his body. Gets it off the toe end and beats the diving first slip fielder to his right for a boundary. |
| 0 | 50.6 | 50.6: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, A steepler by Cummins. Dishes out a short ball, around the right shoulder. Bavuma looks to fend it down but the ball keeps climbing and at the last moment, he drops his wrists to let the ball pass. |
6 Over | Run: 114/6 | Run Rate: 2.24
| 0 | 50.5 | 50.5: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, On a length, in the channel. Temba lets it through. |
| 0 | 50.4 | 50.4: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Oh, that could have gone anywhere! A heavy short ball, around off. Bavuma presses up on his toes and gets his hands high to fend it down but gets himself into a tangle and it pops up off the shoulder of the blade but drops safely in front of point. |
| 4 | 50.3 | 50.3: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! A shot of high class. A bit too full by Cummins, on middle. Bavuma leans on and presents the full face of the bat. He does not try to overhit this one and just times the drive well to the left of the man at mid on for a boundary. |
| 0 | 50.2 | 50.2: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma Outside off, that is left alone for the keeper to collect. |
| 0 | 50.1 | 50.1: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Hits the good length, targeting the off stump. Bavuma stabs it down watchfully. |
| 0 | 49.6 | 49.6: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, OUT! CAUGHT! An absolute snorter by Mitchell Starc, and that brings up 450 Test wickets for the left-arm quick, becoming the 4th Australian to reach this landmark. After being on the fuller side for most of the over, Starc comes up with a surprise short ball, around the right shoulder. Mulder takes his eyes off the ball and cannot drop his wrists enough in time as the ball sails over the gloves and pings him on the helmet before it is taken at slip by Matt Renshaw. Australia go up in unison, but the appeal is turned down. Mitchell Starc gestures that it has taken the bat on the way through and Pat Cummins sends it upstairs. The UltraEdge comes up with a spike when the ball is next to the glove, and the on-field decision is overturned. End of Mulder's resistance. South Africa are now 110/6. |
6 Over | Run: 110/6 | Run Rate: 2.20
| 0 | 49.5 | 49.5: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Full and on middle an leg. Mulder clips it to wide mid on. |
| 0 | 49.4 | 49.4: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Slanting away from the off stump, on a length. Wiaan offers no shot. |
| 0 | 49.3 | 49.3: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Makes the batter play this time with a full ball. Mulder gets forward and steers it towards backward point. |
| 0 | 49.2 | 49.2: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Continues to be a bit too wide. Wiaan is happy to let it go. |
| 0 | 49.1 | 49.1: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Steams in from over the wicket and pushes it across the right-hander. Not close enough to make the batter play. An easy leave for Mulder. |
| 0 | 48.6 | 48.6: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, This is fuller, on off. Bavuma's feet go nowhere and just extends his hands to angle the drive to point. |
6 Over | Run: 110/5 | Run Rate: 2.24
| 0 | 48.5 | 48.5: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, On a hard length, on off. Bavuma drops his wrists and sways away from the line of the ball. |
| 1 | 48.4 | 48.4: Pat Cummins to Wiaan Mulder, Good running! Fuller and attacking the front pad at 142.9 kph. Mulder eases it in front of mid on and hurries to the other end. |
| 0 | 48.3 | 48.3: Pat Cummins to Wiaan Mulder, Digs it in short, sharp and quick, on middle. Mulder hurriedly ducks under it. |
| 1 | 48.2 | 48.2: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Bowled on a short of a good length, on off. Bavuma gets on top of the bounce and knocks it to the left of mid off for a single. |
| 0 | 48.1 | 48.1: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, A tight leave! Hands on head for Pat Cummins. Around the fiftth stump, on a good length. Bavuma shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 47.6 | 47.6: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, Back to bowling it on the fuller side, in that channel. Mulder leans across before making the leave by tucking the bat behind the front pad. |
6 Over | Run: 108/5 | Run Rate: 2.25
| 0 | 47.5 | 47.5: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, Around off, on a back of a length. Mulder defends it from the crease. |
| 0 | 47.4 | 47.4: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, Keeps it on a hard length, on off. Mulder rises on his toes and fends it down towards point. |
| 2 | 47.3 | 47.3: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, Into the wicket, over off and middle. Mulder takes on the short ball but does not quite get hold of it. Shovels it away to the left of deep fine leg for a brace. |
| 0 | 47.2 | 47.2: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, This nips back a bit, around off, on a length. Mulder presses half-forward to stab it down. |
| 0 | 47.1 | 47.1: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, Goes past the bat! Nibbling away off the seam, just outside the off stump, on a good length. Mulder leans forward to defend but is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 46.6 | 46.6: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, On a back of a length, on middle. Temba nudges it to mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 106/5 | Run Rate: 2.26
| 0 | 46.5 | 46.5: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Good change-up by Cummins. Serves the bumper and angles it towards the batter's helmet. Bavuma hops and gets his hands high to roll his wrists over the ball for the pull. The ball climbs onto him and he ends up bailing out of the shot and ducks under it. |
| 0 | 46.4 | 46.4: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Pushes the length up, outside off, trying to eke out the drive. Bavuma is not interested in playing at that. |
| 0 | 46.3 | 46.3: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, At 139 kph, on the shorter side, on off. Temba blocks it out watchfully off the back foot. |
| 1 | 46.2 | 46.2: Pat Cummins to Wiaan Mulder, Cutting back in off a nagging length, on off and middle. Mulder hangs back to deal with it. Ekes out an inside edge and a single is taken as the ball dribbles to deep square leg. |
| 0 | 46.1 | 46.1: Pat Cummins to Wiaan Mulder, A play and a miss! At 136 kph, full and just outside off. Mulder is drawn into the drive and the ball straightens off the seam to whistle past the bat. |
| 1 | 45.6 | 45.6: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, A little too straight, on the pads. Wiaan clips it through square leg and retains the strike with a single. |
6 Over | Run: 105/5 | Run Rate: 2.28
| 1 | 45.5 | 45.5: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, This is on a hard length, on middle. Bavuma rides the bounce and nurdles it behind square leg for a run. |
| 0 | 45.4 | 45.4: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Honing in on the off stump, Bavuma is solid in defense. |
| 0 | 45.3 | 45.3: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, A bit more effort behind this ball, in and around the off pole. Bavuma presses half-forward for the block but the ball kicks up a bit and nips back to catch the inside edge. It eventually pops up off the front pad but drops harmlessly in front of the batter. |
| 0 | 45.2 | 45.2: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Around off, hitting the good length. Bavuma lunges across and dabs it to point. |
| 0 | 45.1 | 45.1: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Slanting into the pads, on a length. Bavuma pushes it to mid on. |
| 0 | 44.6 | 44.6: Pat Cummins to Wiaan Mulder, Straightening off the deck, on a good length, outside off. Mulder shuffles to get behind the line and does well not to go chasing the ball. Ends up defending down the wrong line and is beaten past the outside edge. |
6 Over | Run: 103/5 | Run Rate: 2.29
| 2 | 44.5 | 44.5: Pat Cummins to Wiaan Mulder, Banged in short, on off. Mulder stands tall and swivels for the pull. He does not quite get the timing right but gets it through the vacant mid-wicket region for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 44.4 | 44.4: Pat Cummins to Wiaan Mulder, Full and slightly wide, inviting the drive. Mulder is happy to let it go. |
| 4 | 44.3 | 44.3: Pat Cummins to Wiaan Mulder, FOUR! The 100 comes up for South Africa. Bowled by going wide on the crease, angled in on a good length, on off and middle. Mulder shuffles and brings his bat out in front of the front pad to block. He presents a straight back but the ball nips back to catch the inside edge and races down to deep fine leg. Scott Boland sprints and slides to his right but cannot prevent the boundary. |
| 0 | 44.2 | 44.2: Pat Cummins to Wiaan Mulder, Brings the line closer to the off pole. Wiaan offers no shot. |
| 0 | 44.1 | 44.1: Pat Cummins to Wiaan Mulder, Serves it a bit fuller, not close enough to make the batter play. Mulder shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 43.6 | 43.6: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, A maiden to start with. Hits the good length, keeps it in that channel. Bavuma hides the bat behind the front pad and lets the ball go through to the keeper. |
6 Over | Run: 97/5 | Run Rate: 2.20
| 0 | 43.5 | 43.5: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, In the corridor of uncertainty, full in length. Temba covers the off stump and makes the leave. |
| 0 | 43.4 | 43.4: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, At 137 kph, fuller and on middle. Bavuma's bat turns in his hand as he plays the drive to mid on. |
| 0 | 43.3 | 43.3: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Brings the stumps into play as he drags the length back. Bavuma stabs it down the deck. |
| 0 | 43.2 | 43.2: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Stays full, around off. Bavuma gets a good stride in and plays a punchy drive to cover. |
| 0 | 43.1 | 43.1: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Starts full, a hint of a nibble, outside off. Temba lunges and tucks the bat behind the front pad to let the ball pass. |
| 0 | 42.6 | 42.6: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Starc serves a bumper, but it is not close enough to trouble the batter. Mulder drops his wrists and sways away from the line of the ball. That will be Stumps on Day 2. |
6 Over | Run: 97/5 | Run Rate: 2.26
| 0 | 42.5 | 42.5: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Switches to around the wicket with a leg slip in place. Very full, around off. Mulder plays a confident drive but picks out the man at mid off. |
| 0 | 42.4 | 42.4: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, A tempter by Starc, full and wider on off. Wiaan is not interested in playing at it. |
| 0 | 42.3 | 42.3: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Beaten! At 143.3 kph, a full ball leaving the right-hander. Mulder has a slight feel for the delivery and is lucky not to nick it behind. |
| 1 | 42.2 | 42.2: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, A bit into the deck, on off. Bavuma gets on top of the bounce and drops it in the vacant cover region to pick up a single. |
| 0 | 42.1 | 42.1: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Starc begins the final over of the day from over the wicket. This is pushed across the right-hander. Bavuma is happy to let it go. |
| 0 | 41.6 | 41.6: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, Slightly fuller, outside off. Mulder leans across and goes hard on the drive. The ball seams back a bit to catch the inner half and Mulder mishits it back to the bowler. That's Boland done for the day. Another top spell by the Victorian. |
6 Over | Run: 96/5 | Run Rate: 2.29
| 0 | 41.5 | 41.5: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, A man goes back on the pull but Boland dishes it out on a length, attacking the front pad. Mulder brings his bat out in front and defends it out. |
| 0 | 41.4 | 41.4: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, On a back of a length, around off. Mulder taps it in front of cover-point and looks for a single, but there is none as two fielders attack the ball. |
| 0 | 41.3 | 41.3: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, Hits the good length, nipping back in a touch. Wiaan stabs it down off the back foot. |
| 1 | 41.2 | 41.2: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, At 136.4 kph, fuller and on the off pole. Bavuma is a bit tentative to get forward. Squeezes out an inside edge onto the pads. A single is taken as the ball rolls to point. |
| 0 | 41.1 | 41.1: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Delivers it on a good length, in the channel. Bavuma covers the off stump to make the leave. |
| 2 | 40.6 | 40.6: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, A tight second run but they make it. Starc strays on the pads, on a length. Wiaan clips it behind square leg and calls for two straight away. Scott Boland swoops in and is quick to get rid of the ball. Mulder puts the skates on and gets home safely before the throw arrives. |
6 Over | Run: 95/5 | Run Rate: 2.32
| 0 | 40.5 | 40.5: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Goes past the bat! The length is pulled back, just outside off. Mulder presses up on his toes and ends up playing inside the line as the ball leaves him with the angle. |
| 0 | 40.4 | 40.4: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Going away with the angle, on a good length. Mulder is slightly squared up in his defense but manages to keep it out. |
| 0 | 40.3 | 40.3: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Goes full now, around off. Mulder blocks it out by leaning forward. |
| 0 | 40.2 | 40.2: Mitchell Starc to Wiaan Mulder, Keeps the stumps in play, a bit fuller. Mulder solidly defends it out. |
| 1 | 40.1 | 40.1: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Starc digs it in short, over middle. Bavuma fends it down from the crease in front of square on the leg side. Temba takes the first run hard to keep the possibility of a second alive but Travis Head gets to the ball quickly from mid on and keeps the batters down to one. |
| 0 | 39.6 | 39.6: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, More than half an appeal for LBW, but it is turned down. Fuller now and straighter too, darted into the legs. Mulder is late on the flick and gets struck on the outside half of the front pad. That seemed to be missing leg stump. |
6 Over | Run: 92/5 | Run Rate: 2.30
| 0 | 39.5 | 39.5: Scott Boland to Wiaan Mulder, Wow, Boland is just so meticulous in his approach. Just short of a good length, getting the ball to seam away with some extra bounce after angling it in. Wiaan Mulder looks to block but the ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 39.4 | 39.4: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! How's he managed to do that? Matt Renshaw pulls off a miraculous catch, and Australia get a huge breakthrough with minutes left to play on Day 2. Scott Boland is the gift that just keeps giving and he now has a four-fer to his name. On a good length, in that corridor of uncertainty and Ryan Rickelton has another late poke at the ball after hanging back in the crease. Rickelton gets an outside edge that goes down to the right of first slip and Renshaw just sticks out a right hand, snaffling it a fair few inches behind him. An absolute speccy, and everyone is stunned by it. |
| 0 | 39.3 | 39.3: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Good length, in and around the top of off stump. Rickelton blocks it from his crease. |
| 0 | 39.2 | 39.2: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Slightly fuller and on off, blocked off by Rickelton. |
| 0 | 39.1 | 39.1: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Beats the outside edge right away. Nagging length, a bit wide of the off stump. Rickelton stays back and moves to the off side, deciding late to play a cut shot and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 38.6 | 38.6: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Well defended. Short-pitched delivery, angled in towards the ribs. Temba Bavuma gets right behind the line, and keeps it down on the leg side with soft hands. |
6 Over | Run: 92/4 | Run Rate: 2.36
| 0 | 38.5 | 38.5: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Almost yorker length from Starc, a shade under 140 kph and around off. Bavuma leans on and jams it out to extra cover. |
| 0 | 38.4 | 38.4: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Bowled with an upright seam, in that channel outside off. Bavuma shoulders arms yet again. |
| 0 | 38.3 | 38.3: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Pitched up very full and on the fourth-stump line, going straight on. Bavuma makes an assured leave. |
| 0 | 38.2 | 38.2: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Full of a good length, in and around off, Bavuma watchfully defends. |
| 0 | 38.1 | 38.1: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, A full ball, dished out wide of the off stump. Temba Bavuma looks to square drive but squeezes it off the outside edge toward gully. |
| 4 | 37.6 | 37.6: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, FOUR! Lovely shot. The 50-run stand comes up between these two batters. Angled away, on a back of a length. Rickelton stands tall on top of the bounce and punches it through covers for his 5th boundary. |
6 Over | Run: 92/4 | Run Rate: 2.42
| 1 | 37.5 | 37.5: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, A late call but they make it. Attacking the sticks, on a fuller length. Bavuma drops it in front of mid on and completes a single as Beau Webster is caught on his heels there. |
| 1 | 37.4 | 37.4: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, On a back of a length, around leg. Rickelton tucks it wide of mid-wicket and crosses over. |
| 0 | 37.3 | 37.3: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, DROPPED! The plan nearly comes off for Cummins and Australia. With a leg slip in place, Cummins angles it into the ribs on a hard length. Rickelton looks to tickle it fine, but the ball flies off the face of the blade towards Marnus Labuschagne, stationed perfectly for that shot. With shadows stretching across the ground, Labuschagne is standing in the sunlight as the ball comes out of the shade. It rushes Labuschagne and arrives around chest height. He goes for the catch with his fingers pointing downwards rather than upwards, and cannot hold on. A big chance goes begging! |
| 0 | 37.2 | 37.2: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Drags the length back, on off. Rickelton gets on top of the bounce and punches it to point. |
| 0 | 37.1 | 37.1: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Angled in at the off stump, on a length. Rickelton gets forward to ease it towards mid off. |
| 0 | 36.6 | 36.6: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, This is fuller, outside off. Bavuma lunges ahead and tucks the bat behind his front pad to make the leave. |
6 Over | Run: 86/4 | Run Rate: 2.32
| 1 | 36.5 | 36.5: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Nibbling away a touch, on a back of a length. Rickelton knocks it in front of mid off and gets to the other end. |
| 0 | 36.4 | 36.4: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Hits the top of off, does Boland. Ryan pats it down the strip. |
| 4 | 36.3 | 36.3: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, FOUR! Edged away! Angled in at the off stump and stays on a good length. Rickelton does well not to push at the ball with hard hands. He looks to keep it out with soft hands. The ball straightens ever so slightly to take the outside edge and goes through the slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 0 | 36.2 | 36.2: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Around the off stump, on a good length. Rickelton stabs it down watchfully. |
| 0 | 36.1 | 36.1: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Attacking the sticks, on a length. Rickelton blocks it out with a straight bat. |
| 0 | 35.6 | 35.6: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Fuller in length, honing in on the off stump. Bavuma defends it right under his eyes and close to his body. |
6 Over | Run: 81/4 | Run Rate: 2.25
| 0 | 35.5 | 35.5: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Just outside off, on a good length, that is left alone for the keeper to collect. |
| 6 | 35.4 | 35.4: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, SIX! Not in complete control, but Temba Bavuma will take it. Cummins serves a bumper angled into the left shoulder. Bavuma swivels and hooks it away with the angle. Gets more of a top edge, and it sails well over the long leg fence. The ball clears the stadium perimeter and rolls along the road outside before a security guard retrieves it. |
| 0 | 35.3 | 35.3: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, In the channel, on a good length. Bavuma offers no shot. |
| 1 | 35.2 | 35.2: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Banged into the deck around the ribs. Rickelton rises with the bounce and tucks it down towards fine leg for a single. |
| 1 | 35.1 | 35.1: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Drop and run! On a back of a length, on off. Bavuma stands tall on top of the bounce and drops it wide of cover before hurrying to the other end. |
| 0 | 34.6 | 34.6: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Lands it on a good length, outside off. Ryan shoulders arms. |
6 Over | Run: 73/4 | Run Rate: 2.09
| 2 | 34.5 | 34.5: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Off the edge. From around the wicket, fuller in length, on off. Rickelton pushes out in front of his body. It squirts off the outside edge behind point for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 34.4 | 34.4: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Boland bends his back and digs it in short, over middle. Rickelton rises up on his toes and drops it down the deck. |
| 0 | 34.3 | 34.3: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, A hint of jag back in off the seam, on a nagging length. Rickelton is solid in defense. |
| 0 | 34.2 | 34.2: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Hits the good length, on middle. Ryan knocks it towards mid on. |
| 4 | 34.1 | 34.1: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, FOUR! Fine shot. Not all that short, but Boland errs in line as he offers width. Rickelton takes a step back in the crease and gets on top of the bounce. Plays the cut into the ground, and it races behind point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 33.6 | 33.6: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Around off, bashed into the wicket. Bavuma rides the bounce and taps it towards cover. |
6 Over | Run: 67/4 | Run Rate: 1.97
| 0 | 33.5 | 33.5: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, What happened there? Good change-up by Cummins as he bangs it into the deck. Rickelton hops inside the line, expecting the ball to go down leg. He holds his bat high to let the ball pass but he does not move towards the off side enough and cops a blow on the chest. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes square on the leg side. |
| 0 | 33.4 | 33.4: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Keeps it around the off stump. Ryan covers the line and dabs it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 33.3 | 33.3: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Good cricket all around! Cummins pitches it up, on off. Rickelton presses forward and hangs low to play a punchy drive. Marnus Labuschagne dives to his right at mid off and cuts it off, saving a certain boundary. |
| 0 | 33.2 | 33.2: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Angled away from the left-hander, bowled on a length. Rickelton lets it be. |
| 0 | 33.1 | 33.1: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Serves a bumper at 140.6 kph, on middle. Rickelton ducks under it. |
| 0 | 32.6 | 32.6: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Wider on off, on a nagging length. An easy leave for Bavuma. |
6 Over | Run: 66/4 | Run Rate: 2.00
| 0 | 32.5 | 32.5: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, A little bit of nibble away, on a good length, around off. Bavuma defends it with soft hands. The movement off the seam results in an outside edge but it goes down and dribbles towards the slip cordon. |
| 0 | 32.4 | 32.4: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Alex Carey comes up to the stumps for Temba Bavuma. The length is pulled back by Beau, on off and middle. Temba gets behind the line to defend. |
| 1 | 32.3 | 32.3: Beau Webster to Ryan Rickelton, Had to hurry! Webster floats it up there, on off. Rickelton pushes it to the left of mid off and sets off for a quick single. Pat Cummins moves to his left, picks the ball up and has a shy at the bowling end but misses. It would not have mattered, as Ryan was in anyway. First run scored off the bowling of Webster. |
| 0 | 32.2 | 32.2: Beau Webster to Ryan Rickelton, Makes the batter play this time, does Webster. On a good length in line with the off pole. Ryan taps it down the deck. |
| 0 | 32.1 | 32.1: Beau Webster to Ryan Rickelton, Pushed across the left-hander, on a good length. Rickelton covers the off stump and shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 31.6 | 31.6: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Hits the hard length, on off. Temba hangs back and stabs it down. |
6 Over | Run: 65/4 | Run Rate: 2.03
| 0 | 31.5 | 31.5: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Tentative from Bavuma! Angled in on a length, around the off stump. Bavuma has a prod at the ball and ekes out an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 0 | 31.4 | 31.4: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, The length is pushed up at 142.4 kph, on the off stump. Temba drops it with soft hands in front of cover. They think about a quick single but the cover fielder charges in and keeps it to a dot. |
| 1 | 31.3 | 31.3: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Cummins continues to be more on the shorter side, on middle and leg. Rickelton turns it through backward square leg for another single. |
| 1 | 31.2 | 31.2: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Oh, that has hurt. Seam-up ball, on middle and leg, on the shorter side. Bavuma hops to tuck it away but gets an inside edge and wears a blow on the midriff. A single is taken as the ball goes behind on the leg side. |
| 1 | 31.1 | 31.1: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Into the deck, angled in at the ribs. Rickelton gets inside the line and nurdles it behind square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 30.6 | 30.6: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Fuller and at the stumps, nudged away to the on side by Bavuma. A hat-trick of maidens to begin with for Beau Webster. |
6 Over | Run: 62/4 | Run Rate: 2.00
| 0 | 30.5 | 30.5: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, A bit too close for comfort, but Temba Bavuma seemed fairly confident with that leave. Immaculate length from Webster, serving it a tad full and around off, angling it back in. Bavuma shoulders arms, and the ball goes inches over the off pole. |
| 0 | 30.4 | 30.4: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, around the fifth-stump line, Bavuma hops back and keeps it down. |
| 0 | 30.3 | 30.3: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Good length outside off, nibbling away and zipping off the deck. Bavuma makes another leave. |
| 0 | 30.2 | 30.2: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Nagging length, darting back in from wide outside off. Bavuma shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 30.1 | 30.1: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Dangling the carrot, but Bavuma doesn't take the bait. A juicy half-volley outside off, nibbling away at a gentle pace as well. Bavuma opts against driving at it and leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 29.6 | 29.6: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, On the fuller side, looking to slide it back in from outside off at 141.5 kph. Rickelton gets half a stride in and dead-bats it to the off side. |
6 Over | Run: 62/4 | Run Rate: 2.07
| 0 | 29.5 | 29.5: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Cummins comes around the wicket now, bowling it fractionally shorter and over off and middle. Rickelton stays back to defend. |
| 4 | 29.4 | 29.4: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, FOUR! Another piece of fine timing by Rickelton. Too full, just outside off. Rickelton leans on it a bit and punches it down to the right of the silly mid off fielder, picking up his second boundary in the over. |
| 0 | 29.3 | 29.3: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Full of a good length, slanted just across the off stump. Rickelton watches it well and makes an assured leave. |
| 0 | 29.2 | 29.2: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, Cummins pulls the length back by a few inches and attacks the stumps again. Rickelton blocks it off. |
| 4 | 29.1 | 29.1: Pat Cummins to Ryan Rickelton, FOUR! Classy shot. Overpitched delivery on off and middle, Ryan Rickelton keeps his balance and plays a lovely on drive, nailing it well to the right of mid on for a boundary. |
| 0 | 28.6 | 28.6: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, A crisp shot for no run, and it will be another maiden for Webster. Full and outside off, Temba Bavuma laces the off drive but yet again finds his opposite number at mid off. |
6 Over | Run: 54/4 | Run Rate: 1.86
| 0 | 28.5 | 28.5: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Nicely bowled! Beau Webster goes much fuller and this one just shapes away a touch. Temba Bavuma is caught on the crease but he does well to push at it with soft hands, edging it down towards second slip. |
| 0 | 28.4 | 28.4: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Good length, attacking the off stump this time. Bavuma gets across a bit and covers the line well to keep it out. |
| 0 | 28.3 | 28.3: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Lovely delivery! Nagging length, on the fourth stump line, and nibbling away a bit. Bavuma gets pegged back and ends up playing inside the line. |
| 0 | 28.2 | 28.2: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Overpitched by Webster, just outside off. Bavuma strides in and plays the drive but hits it straight to mid off. |
| 0 | 28.1 | 28.1: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Pitched up around off, angling it in and then getting it to straighten a bit. Bavuma covers the line well and blocks it right under the eyes. |
| 1 | 27.6 | 27.6: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Short of a good length, on the pads, and nudged away behind square leg for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 54/4 | Run Rate: 1.93
| 0 | 27.5 | 27.5: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, That's sharp from Starc! A snorter of a bumper at 148 kph, slanted back in over off and then just leaving the batter at high pace. Temba Bavuma does well to hop up and just sway away from the line of the ball whilst keeping the hands low. The ball whizzes past his neck. |
| 0 | 27.4 | 27.4: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Even shorter, just outside off, angling back in. Bavuma hops back and gets right behind the line, managing to keep it down. |
| 0 | 27.3 | 27.3: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, slanted in and then looking to angle it away. Bavuma hops back and keeps it down behind point. |
| 1 | 27.2 | 27.2: Mitchell Starc to Ryan Rickelton, A tight single, but it's well-judged in the end. Good length, honing it in at the stumps. Rickelton tugs it in front of mid-wicket and races through for the single. Pat Cummins at mid on, charges in and picks up the ball, firing a wide throw at the bowler's end. |
| 0 | 27.1 | 27.1: Mitchell Starc to Ryan Rickelton, On a shorter length and outside off, Rickelton presses back and chops it down to gully. |
| 0 | 26.6 | 26.6: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Tidy start by Beau as he begins with a maiden. On a dragged length and wide outside off, Bavuma presses back a bit, brings his hands behind his back and leaves it alone. |
6 Over | Run: 52/4 | Run Rate: 1.93
| 0 | 26.5 | 26.5: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Nice and full, outside off, and punched away straight to extra cover. |
| 0 | 26.4 | 26.4: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, That's cleverly bowled. Webster goes wider on the crease, bowling at a gentle 120.3 kph, but he does get it to dart back in a fair bit. Bavuma gets the front leg across and makes a tight leave. |
| 0 | 26.3 | 26.3: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Full and wide outside off, going straight on. Bavuma watches the ball go past him and through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 26.2 | 26.2: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Good length in the channel, confidently blocked off the front foot by Temba. |
| 0 | 26.1 | 26.1: Beau Webster to Temba Bavuma, Webster pitches it full and outside off, inviting the drive, and he even gets the ball to wobble away a bit. Bavuma gets halfway forward and jams it down off the outside edge, wide of Michael Neser at fifth slip, who makes a good stop. |
| 0 | 25.6 | 25.6: Mitchell Starc to Ryan Rickelton, Full and fast, speared in towards middle and leg. Ryan Rickelton clips it with sweet timing but straight to the fielder at mid on. |
6 Over | Run: 52/4 | Run Rate: 2.00
| 1 | 25.5 | 25.5: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Back of a length, over middle, and angling back in. Bavuma dabs it down in front of square leg and picks up a single. |
| 0 | 25.4 | 25.4: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Hard length outside off, Temba stays a bit tentative and stabs it off the outside edge of the bat to gully. Bavuma shakes his right hand as that's hit him flush on the glove. |
| 0 | 25.3 | 25.3: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Starc darts this one into the batter, a bit more round-arm and bashing it into the pitch. Bavuma gets all cramped up and wears it on the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 25.2 | 25.2: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Length ball, pitched wide outside the off stump, and Bavuma leaves it alone. |
| 4 | 25.1 | 25.1: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! That's rolled away into the fence. Short of a length, wide outside off. Temba Bavuma rides the bounce and lets the ball come onto him, before gliding it nicely between the slip cordon and gully fielder for a boundary. The 50 is finally up for South Africa as well. |
| 0 | 24.6 | 24.6: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Another change of angle as Boland comes from around the wicket for the last ball of the over. Full and nipping back in, but not enough to trouble the left-hander. Ryan covers the off stump and lets the ball pass. |
6 Over | Run: 47/4 | Run Rate: 1.88
| 0 | 24.5 | 24.5: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Back to over the wicket, pushed across the left-hander, more on the fuller side. Rickelton makes a watchful leave. |
| 0 | 24.4 | 24.4: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Boland changes his angle of attack as he comes from around the wicket. In and around the off stump on that good length. Rickelton covers the line and blocks it out. |
| 0 | 24.3 | 24.3: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Hits the good length, this comes back a bit off the seam, on middle. Ryan watchfully keeps it out. |
| 0 | 24.2 | 24.2: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Pitches it up now, around off. Rickelton presses forward and pushes it to mid off. |
| 0 | 24.1 | 24.1: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Slanting away from the left-hander, on a nagging length. Rickelton goes searching for the ball as he taps it down to cover. |
| 0 | 23.6 | 23.6: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Stays full and outside off. Bavuma resists the temptation of going for the drive and leaves the ball alone. |
6 Over | Run: 47/4 | Run Rate: 1.96
| 0 | 23.5 | 23.5: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Starc switches to around the wicket, and he serves the tempter, full and wide on off at 149.5 kph. Bavuma offers no shot. |
| 0 | 23.4 | 23.4: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Starc brings the line closer to the off stump but continues to be on that drivable length. This time, Temba shoulders arms. |
| 4 | 23.3 | 23.3: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Australia won't mind this. Starc dishes out a full ball, wider on off. Bavuma does not move his feet much and extends his hands into the drive. He just times the shot and it races through covers for a boundary. |
| 0 | 23.2 | 23.2: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Angling away and Starc stays on a good length. Bavuma holds his bat high to make the leave. |
| 0 | 23.1 | 23.1: Mitchell Starc to Temba Bavuma, Across off, bowled on a good length by Starc. Bavuma drops it with soft hands in front of cover. Rickelton is keen for a quick single but Temba sends him back. |
| 0 | 22.6 | 22.6: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Slanting back in, on a short of a length, on middle. Rickelton gets right behind the line and defends it off the back foot. |
6 Over | Run: 43/4 | Run Rate: 1.87
| 0 | 22.5 | 22.5: Scott Boland to Ryan Rickelton, Boland switches to around the wicket for the left-hander and bowls it full, looking to eke out the drive. An unusual leave from Rickelton, who slides his back leg towards the off side to ensure he covers the off stump. |
| 1 | 22.4 | 22.4: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Jagging back in off the seam, on a good length, on middle. Bavuma clips it wide of mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 0 | 22.3 | 22.3: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Boland bends his back and bangs it in short, on off. Bavuma gets his hands high and swivels for the pull but he is through his shot early and fails to connect. This is the second time Bavuma has been early into a pull against Boland. On the previous occasion, he got it towards mid-wicket, where Travis Head pulled off a diving stop. |
| 0 | 22.2 | 22.2: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Hurls it on a good length, in the corridor of uncertainty. Temba covers the off stump and shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 22.1 | 22.1: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Lands it on a length, targeting the off pole. Bavuma pushes slightly out in front of his body as he plays it towards mid on with a straight bat. |
| 0 | 21.6 | 21.6: Mitchell Starc to Ryan Rickelton, Fuller in length, sliding onto the pads. Rickelton nudges it towards mid-wicket rather tentatively. A successful over for Mitchell Starc, who looks much better in rhythm and has a wicket to show for it. |
6 Over | Run: 42/4 | Run Rate: 1.91
| 0 | 21.5 | 21.5: Mitchell Starc to Ryan Rickelton, Hits the bat hard, does Starc, on a hard length, on middle. Ryan hangs back to defend and takes the bottom hand off the bat handle on impact. |
| 2 | 21.4 | 21.4: Mitchell Starc to Ryan Rickelton, Angled in, on a short of a length, on middle. Rickelton works it behind square leg with the angle. It goes wide of deep fine leg and Ryan is off the mark with a brace. |
| 0 | 21.3 | 21.3: Mitchell Starc to Matthew Breetzke, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! A loose shot by Matthew Breetzke, and he has paid the ultimate price. Starc pulls the length back and slants it across the right-hander. Breetzke gets up on his toes, looking to punch it away through the off side. The ball leaves him with the angle and takes a faint outside edge before Alex Carey pouches it safely. A change of ends brings immediate success for Mitchell Starc, who struggled with the landing area yesterday while bowling from the opposite end. South Africa slip to 40/4. |
| 0 | 21.2 | 21.2: Mitchell Starc to Matthew Breetzke, Cranks it up at 147.8 kph, fuller in length, inviting the drive. Breetzke does not fall for the trap and is happy to let the ball go through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 21.1 | 21.1: Mitchell Starc to Matthew Breetzke, Pushed across the right-hander, on a back of a length. Breetzke lets it be. It carries nicely to Alex Carey, who collects it at chest height by staying side on. |
| 0 | 20.6 | 20.6: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, On the off stump, on a nagging length. Bavuma is solid in defense. |
6 Over | Run: 40/3 | Run Rate: 1.90
| 0 | 20.5 | 20.5: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, A beauty by Boland. Hits the good length, around the fourth stump. Bavuma plays inside the line as he presents a straight bat. The ball angles in before straightening off the deck. It whistles past the blade and Alex Carey fumbles the take but it is mopped up by the first slip fielder. |
| 0 | 20.4 | 20.4: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, On a back of a length, on off. Temba stabs it down from the crease. |
| 0 | 20.3 | 20.3: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Interest shown by the Aussies! Scott Boland is not quite sure, and Pat Cummins does not take the review. Wobble seam ball by Boland, one that nips back into the right-hander, on a good length. Bavuma lunges ahead for the block but is beaten past the inside edge. The ball grazes the flap of the front pad before it is taken by the keeper, Alex Carey. The impact seemed to be outside the line there. The Ball Tracking confirms that, and there was no edge either. |
| 0 | 20.2 | 20.2: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Pitched up a bit, around off. Bavuma shuffles a bit towards the off side, gets behind the line and blocks it out with a straight bat. He follows it up with a loud call of 'No'. |
| 2 | 20.1 | 20.1: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, At 136.9 kph, slanting in at the hips. Bavuma waits for the ball on the back foot and turns it away through square leg. Travis Head goes after it from mid-wicket but cannot prevent the batters from taking the second run. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.6: Pat Cummins to Matthew Breetzke, In the channel, on the fuller side. Breetzke makes an assured leave. |
6 Over | Run: 38/3 | Run Rate: 1.90
| 1 | 19.5 | 19.5: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Cummins goes a bit into the wicket, angled in at the ribs. Bavuma rises with the bounce and gets his hands high to fend it down. It pops up a bit but well away from the reach of the short leg fielder. It dribbles behind square leg as the batters cross over. |
| 1 | 19.4 | 19.4: Pat Cummins to Matthew Breetzke, The length is pulled back and the ball is darted back in towards the hips. Breetzke stays back and glances it down to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Pat Cummins to Matthew Breetzke, Good effort in the field! Cummins pushes the length up, on off. Breetzke gets his bat down and squeezes it out back past the bowler. The sub fielder, Cooper Connolly moves to his right swiftly at mid off and dives to make the stop. |
| 0 | 19.2 | 19.2: Pat Cummins to Matthew Breetzke, Honing in on the off pole, on a good length. Breetzke lets the ball come on and plays it right under his eyes. He drops it beside the strip on the off side and looks for a run but the cover fielder is quick to swoop in and prevent the single. |
| 0 | 19.1 | 19.1: Pat Cummins to Matthew Breetzke, Dug in short, over off. Matthew Breetzke ducks under it. |
| 1 | 18.6 | 18.6: Scott Boland to Matthew Breetzke, Tap and run. Short of a good length, around off. Breetzke taps it in front of extra cover for a quick single. |
6 Over | Run: 36/3 | Run Rate: 1.89
| 1 | 18.5 | 18.5: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, All smiles in the end, but Pat Cummins could have actually injured himself here. Full and straight, punched away just to the right of the stumps at the other end. Pat Cummins at mid on chases after it and tries to stop it with his boot rather than dive on the advertisement that is painted on the outfield, and he misses. The ball rolls away a bit more and Cummins does eventually slide in to make the stop and keeps it down to a single. |
| 0 | 18.4 | 18.4: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Boland instantly drags the length back but keeps the line in and around off stump. Bavuma blocks it off. |
| 4 | 18.3 | 18.3: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Not too dissimilar to the previous ball, but this time Bavuma decides to play more of an attacking shot. Full and on off, Bavuma gets onto the front foot and caresses it back past the bowler for a boundary down to long off. |
| 0 | 18.2 | 18.2: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Pitched fuller and on off, Bavuma gets forward and blocks it off. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Nicely fielded, and Travis Head even riles up the crowd by throwing the ball up in the air, making them think that it's a catch. Dug in short over off, Temba Bavuma drags the pull down into the turf and just to the right of short mid-wicket, where Head dives acros and makes a very sharp stop. |
| 0 | 17.6 | 17.6: Pat Cummins to Matthew Breetzke, On a good length, attacking the top of off. Solidly blocked off the front foot by Breetzke. |
6 Over | Run: 30/3 | Run Rate: 1.67
| 2 | 17.5 | 17.5: Pat Cummins to Matthew Breetzke, Some hesitation from the two batters, but eventually, it is an easy brace on offer. Hard length outside off, Breetzke hangs back and looks to leave, but makes the late decision to play at it and stabs it down between the slip cordon and gully for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 17.4 | 17.4: Pat Cummins to Matthew Breetzke, Very full and outside off, floating it up rather than bashing it into the deck, and trying to eke out a drive, but Breetzke leaves it alone. |
| 1 | 17.3 | 17.3: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Another really well-judged single. Good length on off, and Cummins hits the deck hard this time. Bavuma just blocks it towards cover and races through for the run. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.2: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Nice and full, served on the fifth-stump line at 144.4 kph. Bavuma tucks his hands behind and lets this one through to the keeper. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Bowled much fuller and on off, angling it in. Bavuma is made to play at the ball and blocks it out to mid on. |
| 1 | 16.6 | 16.6: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Drop and run, excellent from Bavuma. Pitched up, attacking the off stump, Bavuma lunges ahead and pushes it out in front of covers before scampering across for a run. |
6 Over | Run: 27/3 | Run Rate: 1.59
| 0 | 16.5 | 16.5: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Good-length delivery, angling back in a bit from the sixth-stump line. Bavuma shoulders arms at it. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.4: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, A smidge fuller now and Boland brings the line straighter at the stumps. Bavuma drives it gently and towards mid on. |
| 0 | 16.3 | 16.3: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Good length, outside the off stump line and angling away a touch. A bit more zip off the deck, but wide enough for Bavuma to leave it alone. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Length again, pushed a bit wider of the off stump and left alone by Temba. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Oh, nearly another one for Boland. On a hard length, pitched wide of the off stump and slanting it back in - not much, but just enough. Bavuma ends up fending inside the line of this one. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Pat Cummins to Matthew Breetzke, Good length, in that corridor of uncertainty. Breetzke stays back, covers the line a bit and makes a block. |
6 Over | Run: 26/3 | Run Rate: 1.63
| 0 | 15.5 | 15.5: Pat Cummins to Matthew Breetzke, Good change-up from Cummins. The straight bumper, banged in over middle, and Breetzke has to duck under it. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Hard length, angled into the body at a searing 146 kph. Bavuma hops and tucks it away, not off the bat but off his thigh pad through the leg gully region and collects a leg bye. |
| 0 | 15.3 | 15.3: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Length ball on the fourth-stump line. Bavuma gets a stride forward and solidly blocks it off. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Good length again, angled into the batter from wider on the crease. Bavuma looks to tuck it away but the ball straightens ever so slightly and sneaks past the bat to hit Bavuma high on the pads. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Good-length delivery in the channel, not much movement on offer, but there is decent carry. Bavuma leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.6: Scott Boland to Matthew Breetzke, A wicket-maiden for Boland, excellent yet again. Fuller one around off, Breetzke is caught in two minds and his feet are stuck on the crease, and he ends up smothering it away right under the eyes. |
6 Over | Run: 25/3 | Run Rate: 1.67
| 0 | 14.5 | 14.5: Scott Boland to Matthew Breetzke, Boland pulls the length back now, trying to dart it back in from outside off. Breetzke stays watchful and makes a leave. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Scott Boland to Matthew Breetzke, Full of a good length and wider of the off stump. Matthew Breetzke shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Scott Boland to Marques Ackerman, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Boland's at it again, a third wicket for him, and South Africa are in tatters here at 25/3. This is pitched up at the batter, in and around the off stump. Marques Ackerman is drawn forward into the drive, but there's that hint of movement away from him that brings the outside edge into play. Ackerman edges it behind and Alex Carey takes a good low catch just down to his left. All the hard work put in by the debutant has come undone here. |
| 0 | 14.2 | 14.2: Scott Boland to Marques Ackerman, Fuller and outside off, Ackerman comes down the pitch and hits it on the full, straight to the fielder at silly mid off. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Scott Boland to Marques Ackerman, Around the wicket to the left-hander, a touch fuller and slanted back in towards the front pad. Ackerman leans forward and tucks it to wide mid on. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.6: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Cummins hits a hard length this time, angling it back in from outside off. Temba Bavuma stays solid in defence. |
6 Over | Run: 25/2 | Run Rate: 1.79
| 0 | 13.5 | 13.5: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Length ball in the channel, sliding straight on. Bavuma shoulders arms and the ball sort of dies on its way to the keeper. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.4: Pat Cummins to Temba Bavuma, Full of a good length, around off and darting it back in. Bavuma defends it off the middle of his willow. |
| 1 | 13.3 | 13.3: Pat Cummins to Marques Ackerman, That will make the debutant feel at ease. Good length again, slanted in towards the top of off stump. Ackerman just bunts it down in front of covers and pinches a quick single. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Pat Cummins to Marques Ackerman, On a good length and outside off, angling away a bit, and Ackerman leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Pat Cummins to Marques Ackerman, Excellent hustle from Alex Carey, but there doesn't seem to be any bat involved. Pat Cummins begins with a steepler and attacks the batter's helmet. Marques Ackerman rises with the bounce, keeps the hands down a bit and the ball lobs up off the arm guard. The keeper scampers in front to his right and dives in, but Ackerman is safe here. |
| 4 | 12.6 | 12.6: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Positive intent from Bavuma, and the first runs of the day come in the form of a boundary. Full-pitched delivery, slightly outside off, not quite a half-volley either. Temba Bavuma leans on and strokes it sweetly through covers for a boundary. |
6 Over | Run: 24/2 | Run Rate: 1.85
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Pitched fuller and straighter at the stumps, Bavuma gets halfway forward and blocks it to mid on. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, This one goes the other way. Back of a length and wide outside off, angling further away. Bavuma makes a much easier leave this time. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Prodigious movement right away. Boland hits a good length and gets the ball to seam back in a fair bit to the right-hander. Temba Bavuma stays compact and ends up playing inside the line. |
| 0 | 12.2 | 12.2: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Goes past the bat! Honing in at the off stump, on a good length. Temba does well not to go fishing at the ball. The ball nips away off the deck to whistle past the blade. |
| 0 | 12.1 | 12.1: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Nipping back in towards the off stump. Bavuma defends it close to his body. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Pat Cummins to Marques Ackerman, Slightly fuller, on the off stump. Ackerman has just blocked that from the crease. |
6 Over | Run: 20/2 | Run Rate: 1.67
| 0 | 11.5 | 11.5: Pat Cummins to Marques Ackerman, At 140 kph, on a back of a length, on middle. Marques Ackerman stabs it down the deck. |
| 2 | 11.4 | 11.4: Pat Cummins to Marques Ackerman, A little too straight, on the shorter side. Ackerman pivots for the pull but is rushed and gets it off the gloves. It goes to the left of deep fine leg for a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 11.3 | 11.3: Pat Cummins to Marques Ackerman, Down leg, on a length. Ackerman misses out on the glance. There is a noise as the ball passes the bat, but it is the ball brushing the pads on the way to the keeper. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Pat Cummins to Marques Ackerman, Hits the bat hard, does Cummins, on middle. Ackerman nudges it beside the strip on the leg side. |
| 0 | 11.1 | 11.1: Pat Cummins to Marques Ackerman, From around the wicket, attacking the front pad, full in length. Ackerman pushes it to mid on. |
| 0 | 10.6 | 10.6: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Angled in at the off stump, on a good length, Bavuma defends it solidly off the front foot. |
6 Over | Run: 18/2 | Run Rate: 1.64
| 0 | 10.5 | 10.5: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Outside off, that is left alone for the keeper to collect. |
| 4 | 10.4 | 10.4: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, FOUR! Edgy! Boland pitches it up, on off and middle. Bavuma pushes it out in front of his body yet again with a straight bat. The ball moves away off the seam to square him up. The outside edge does not carry and beats the diving gully fielder to his left. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, An absolute ripper! Bowled by going wide on the crease, straightening off the deck, in and around the off pole. Bavuma pushes out in front of his body and is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 0 | 10.2 | 10.2: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Pushes the length up, on off. Temba eases it to mid off. |
| 1 | 10.1 | 10.1: Scott Boland to Marques Ackerman, Nibbling away a touch, on a good length, around off. Ackerman presses forward and the ball kicks up a bit to catch the upper half. It dribbles wide of cover for a single. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Full again, on the stumps, Temba watches it like a hawk and defends it to mid off. |
6 Over | Run: 13/2 | Run Rate: 1.30
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Straighter and fuller, outside off, Bavuma offers no shot. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, This one kicks up a bit from a good length, Temba Bavuma hops off to ride the bounce but gets a bit of a glove. The ball then deflects onto his thigh pad before rolling to the off side. |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, Around off and full, 134.8 kph, Bavuma leans on and defends it to cover. |
| 0 | 9.2 | 9.2: Josh Hazlewood to Temba Bavuma, In-between length, angled in and around the middle stump. Temba Bavuma blocks it right under his bat. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, A length ball on leg stump, 136 kph, Ackerman moves across and clips it to Boland at deep fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Scott Boland to Temba Bavuma, Another pearler! Nearly a hat-trick for Boland. Spears in a full delivery, on the off stump and gets it to jag back in off the pitch. Temba plays at it but gets a faint inside edge onto the back pad. A muted appeal but it wanes away instantly. |
6 Over | Run: 12/2 | Run Rate: 1.33
| 0 | 8.5 | 8.5: Scott Boland to David Bedingham, OUT! EDGED AND CAUGHT! Two in two for Boland. He is turning up the heat in Gqeberha. Bowls with an upright seam on a slightly fuller length, outside the off stump. David Bedingham gets half-forward without moving his feet all the way to the pitch of the ball. The bat loosely dangles away from his body and an outside edge is found. Alex Carey takes a straightforward catch and South Africa are 12/2, in a spot of bother now. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Scott Boland to Aiden Markram, OUT! BOWLED! Boland flattens the middle stump and gets his first Test wicket on South African soil. On a good length around the off stump, it is not on a drivable length, but Markram draws his front foot forward to play the cover drive. The ball lands, nips in a long way, takes the inside edge and uproots the middle stump. A peach of a delivery from the big Victorian. South Africa are 12/1 as Markram falls. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Scott Boland to Aiden Markram, Nips in a touch, on a good length on middle, Aiden steers it to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 8.2 | 8.2: Scott Boland to Aiden Markram, Tight line on the stumps, Aiden rocks back and blocks the length ball to mid off. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Scott Boland to Aiden Markram, Pitched on a good length, outside off, Markram opts to leave. |
| 0 | 7.6 | 7.6: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, Hits the length hard, on off, angling in. Ackerman dead-bats it down the surface. |
6 Over | Run: 12/0 | Run Rate: 1.50
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, A smidge full and outside off, left alone by Ackerman. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, Short of a length, 132.4 kph, on off, Ackerman stabs it down the pitch off the back foot. |
| 1 | 7.3 | 7.3: Josh Hazlewood to Aiden Markram, On a length, on middle and leg, Aiden Markram waits back and steers it through backward square leg for a run. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Josh Hazlewood to Aiden Markram, Bangs it short now, on off, Aiden Markram sways away and drops his wrists to let the ball fly back. Carey leaps a bit over his left shoulder and makes a half-stop. |
| 0 | 7.1 | 7.1: Josh Hazlewood to Aiden Markram, Tight leave! On the fourth stump line, nibbling away off the pitch on a fuller length. Markram watches it closely and leaves. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Scott Boland to Marques Ackerman, A probing over from Boland. Goes full on the stumps, angling in, Marques flicks it to mid-wicket. |
6 Over | Run: 11/0 | Run Rate: 1.57
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Scott Boland to Marques Ackerman, A bit short and on the stumps, Ackerman knocks it down to mid on. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Scott Boland to Marques Ackerman, Beaten! Very full and outside off, swinging away sharply this time. Marques covers the off stump by shuffling, gets on the front foot and goes for a big-booming cover drive, but the ball zips past his outside edge. He will thank his stars that it didn't graze the edge on the way to the keeper. |
| 0 | 6.3 | 6.3: Scott Boland to Marques Ackerman, Aims the stumps with a full ball, Ackerman takes a couple of steps out of the crease and strokes it to mid on. |
| 0 | 6.2 | 6.2: Scott Boland to Marques Ackerman, Beauty! Angles it into the batter on a length, in the channel. Marques Ackerman gets a bit squared up to block but the ball nibbles away to beat the outside edge. It just about carries to the keeper. |
| 0 | 6.1 | 6.1: Scott Boland to Marques Ackerman, Starts from around the stumps. Bowls full and outside off. It lands and just dies on the surface, Marques leaves as the ball goes on a couple of bounces to Carey. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Josh Hazlewood to Aiden Markram, Back of a length, on top of off, Markram hangs back and confidently blocks it down. |
6 Over | Run: 11/0 | Run Rate: 1.83
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Josh Hazlewood to Aiden Markram, Short and outside off, with a little bit of outswing, Aiden shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Josh Hazlewood to Aiden Markram, Right on the spot! Fuller than a length, angled in, Aiden tucks it off the back foot to the mid on region. |
| 1 | 5.3 | 5.3: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, First run for Marques Ackerman in Test cricket! It took a while to get off the mark, but that will certainly relieve him a lot. A bit short and outside off, Marques hangs back and steers it between gully and backward point for a single. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, From around the stump, too full on the stumps, angling in, Ackerman looks to flick but his head falls over and he closes the bat face early too. Gets a bit of a leading edge and the ball rolls to cover. |
| 0 | 5.1 | 5.1: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, Full ball on the off stump, Ackerman prods forward and defends it straight. |
| 0 | 4.6 | 4.6: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, At around 141 clicks, this is bashed hard into the pitch, outside off, Markram shoulders arms. |
6 Over | Run: 10/0 | Run Rate: 2.00
| 4 | 4.5 | 4.5: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Textbook! Starc comes from over the stumps now and lands it full, outside off, Markram leans on and crisply drives it through the cover and mid off gap for a boundary. Didn't try to hit it too hard, just pure timing. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Far outside off, perhaps looking to swing it in, but it goes straight on. Markram lets it go. Once again, Starc is a bit frustrated with the landing area. |
| 0 | 4.3 | 4.3: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Slightly back of a length, on off, Markram solidly punches it to covers. |
| 2 | 4.2 | 4.2: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Brings the angle into the batter, full in length, Markram pushes at it, gets an inside edge and the ball rolls to the left of deep fine leg. Josh Hazlewood covers a lot of ground in the deep and mops it up as the ball slows down. Two runs taken. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Steams in from around the stumps. Bowls a length ball with a scrambled seam, outside off, Aiden offers no shot. |
| 0 | 3.6 | 3.6: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, Full at 137.5 kph, outside off. Left alone. |
6 Over | Run: 4/0 | Run Rate: 1.00
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, A little hint of an inward shape on this one, touch full on the stumps, Marques lets the ball curve and then defends it with a straight bat. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.4: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, On that bail-trimming length, on the off stump, Marques rocks back and dabs it to gully. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, Bashes the length hard, does Hazlewood, angling it away from the batter. Marques shoulders arms. |
| 0 | 3.2 | 3.2: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, On the stumps, on a length, Ackerman punches it to the cover region. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, Nipping in from a length, around off, Marques Ackerman hops off to block but gets an inside edge onto the thigh pad. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Short of a length, outside off, Aiden lets it pass through. |
6 Over | Run: 4/0 | Run Rate: 1.33
| 4 | 2.5 | 2.5: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, FOUR! A glorious shot to get off the mark! Starc pushes it outside off, on a fullish length, Aiden Markram gets on the front foot, keeps his shape intact and his head stable. Creams the drive through covers for a boundary. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, In-between length, on middle, Aiden Markram hangs back and knocks it to cover-point. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, A bit too full, outside off, Aiden goes for a cover drive, but hits it off the inner half of the bat to Cummins at mid off. |
| 0 | 2.2 | 2.2: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Full and slanting across the right-hander, outside off, Markram isn't interested to play at it. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, On middle on a good length, Aiden gets a bit squared up while looking to block off the back foot. Gets a thickish outside edge as the ball rolls to gully. Marnus Labuschagne there, dives to his right and makes a sharp stop. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, Attacks the stumps, slightly full and nipping in, Marques blocks it back to the bowler. |
6 Over | Run: 0/0 | Run Rate: 0.00
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, Angling away once again, full in length, wide outside off. Marques lets it through. |
| 0 | 1.4 | 1.4: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, A bit fuller now, around off, Marques Ackerman offers no shot. |
| 0 | 1.3 | 1.3: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, Good-length delivery, jagging in with bounce, Marques Ackerman makes a close leave. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, Tight on the stumps, on a good length, nipping back in. Marques Ackerman gets up on his toes and looks to block but gets beaten on the inside edge and wears it on the thigh pad. The ball goes on the bounce to third slip. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Josh Hazlewood to Marques Ackerman, Starts with a bit of a wayward delivery. Bangs it short but down the leg stump. Marques gets across, tries to glance but misses. And straightaway, Hazlewood too, looks at the landing area. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Full and wide outside off, Markram is happy to let it go. |
6 Over | Run: 0/0 | Run Rate: 0.00
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Back of a length, angling away, Markram rides the bounce and punches it to short cover. |
| 0 | 0.4 | 0.4: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Fuller and straighter, on off, Markram presses forward and blocks. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Far outside off, very full and going straight on, Aiden leaves it alone. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Hits the length hard, on middle and leg, Markram hangs back and defends it down the pitch. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Mitchell Starc to Aiden Markram, Starts with a full delivery from over the stumps. A little bit of an away shape, outside off, Markram watches it closely and leaves. |
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