CRICKET updates: In the second Test against South Africa, the Australian team was reduced to just 99 runs in the first innings. South Africa forced Australia to follow on after taking a lead of 326 runs in the first innings. Fast bowler Marco Janson performed brilliantly and took 5 wickets for 33 runs.
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Steve Smith scored the maximum 28 runs for Australia. During this innings he completed 11 thousand runs in Test cricket. He became the third Australian batsman to reach this milestone.
Shock in the first over itself
Australia had a very bad start. Kagiso Rabada dismissed Nick Maddinson without opening the account. After this, Scott Boland became the victim of Yanson after scoring 2 runs, while Travis Head was out LBW after scoring 14 runs. The team lost 3 wickets till the score of 22 runs.
Marnus Labuschagne also returned to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs. Steve Smith and Matt Renshaw tried to take control of the innings by adding 43 runs for the fifth wicket. However, after Renshaw was out for 12 runs, Alex Carey was out on the very next ball without opening the account. Australia's score became 6 wickets for 65 runs.
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Mulder and Yanson broke their backs
Smith was out after scoring 28 runs, while Beau Webster scored 13 runs. Mitchell Starc returned to the pavilion on 1 run. Captain Pat Cummins was out after scoring 7 runs. Hazlewood remained unbeaten after scoring 2 runs.
Earlier, South Africa had declared the first innings at 425 runs for 9 wickets. Captain Temba Bavuma played a brilliant inning of 179 runs, while Marco Yanson scored 85 and Simon Harmer scored 82 runs. On the basis of this strong batting, South Africa achieved a lead of 326 runs.