South Africa breathed a sigh of reduction when Temba Bavuma strode to the crease on day three of the four-day conflict with a Cricket Australia XI.
Bavuma had reinjured an elbow within the nets that saved him out of the current Test tour of England, and didn’t bat within the first innings of the tour match at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.
He was carrying a compression bandage on his left arm when he got here in simply earlier than lunch in an enormous enhance to the Proteas possibilities within the first Test towards Australia on the Gabba beginning on December 17.
South Africa went to the break at 2-88 of their second innings after shedding opener Sarel Erwee (two) to the primary ball of the morning off Jordan Buckingham.
Dean Elgar (26) was bowled by a Blake Edwards supply that saved low.
Rassie van der Dussen was unbeaten on 50 on the break after discovering kind whereas Bavuma was 5 not out.
Van der Dussen was robust down the bottom and performed various reverse sweeps to the boundary off spinner Matt Kuhnemann.
The Proteas lead by 209 runs after making 347 of their first innings after which bowling the hosts out for 226.
Captain Elgar (109) top-scored for South Africa in his first dig whereas 20-year-old Campbell Kellaway (105no) held the CA XI innings collectively.
