Josh Hazlewood took Test-best figures of 6 for 49 as Australia wrapped up a crushing victory in Durban
43rd over: South Africa 109-4 (Markram 46, Mulder 10) Renshaw gets taken for a respectful single, but Starc gets clipped for four first ball of the day! This is a strange world. There’s a wide in there as well, on the off side. Starc has bowled some wild balls in this Test, a tendency that he had earlier in his career, but had fixed up in the last few years with adjustments to his technique. Not sure what’s gone on the last few days.
42nd over: South Africa 105-4 (Markram 46, Mulder 6) And it’s not a bad first over, either. So Renshaw will bowl spin ahead of Nathan Lyon this morning? That is curious. Mulder sees it out, and carefully drives the last ball for one.
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