AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND DAY TEST, DAY THREE
SCORE: South Africa 189 and 1-15, Australia 8 (dec)-575 and lead by 371.
SUMMARY: After Tuesday’s scorcher, Melbourne stayed true to its fickle kind and the rain arrived. After a late begin to play, the house facet set about constructing a monster lead given allrounder Cameron Green is out of the assault with a finger fracture and Mitch Starc is also labouring with a finger harm. David Warner returned and Anrich Nortje bowled him first ball in a uncommon spotlight for the vacationers.
After shedding Travis Head and Warner to Nortje in successive deliveries, Australia steadied and Alex Carey’s first Test century (111) cemented their impregnable place. Green and Head additionally made 51 apiece.
South African captain Dean Elgar was out to a third-ball duck earlier than the rain mercifully returned for his group, ending the day’s play early. The forecast is for no rain on Thursday, which is when Australia ought to win the Test and the collection.
MAN OF THE MOMENT: Carey has completed little mistaken since simply over a yr in the past, when Tim Paine dramatically resigned as captain and handed over the wicketkeeping gloves. Apart from his maiden ton, he took a nice diving catch to dismiss Elgar.
KEY MOMENT: For South Africa to have any probability of difficult Australia, they wanted a gentle begin. Elgar’s duck continues their wretched batting kind, with the vacationers not making it previous 200 of their final seven Test innings.
STAT OF THE DAY: Australia posted their fifth-highest Test complete on the MCG.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We’ve got a lot of work to do here, we’ve got a few in the casualty ward and that’s going to limit our ability to press the whole time in the second innings.” Australian coach Andrew McDonald.
