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South Africa lead fourth Australia Test by 267 runs

April 03, 2018 12:58·
Punters have deserted Australia heading into the 4th Test against South Africa

Punters have deserted Australia heading into the 4th Test against South Africa

He paid tribute to the quality of South Africa's bowling but added: "Obviously, after the week we've had there's a lot of disappointment in the room that we can't put something together". An outside chance, but a chance nonetheless.

Aiden Markram, though, remained composed as South Africa reached 88-1 at lunch, before Hashim Amla was then caught in the slips for 27.

The tourists were reduced to 38-3 after Joe Burns, Matt Renshaw and Peter Handscomb - recalled following suspensions handed out to Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft for their part in the ball-tampering scandal - fell cheaply.

Lyon had his third wicket nine overs later when Vernon Philander's hoick was caught on the mid-wicket rope by Khawaja and Australia had renewed hope of a quick finish. "The boys have been getting into me, that I only take five-fors here at this ground", Cummins said. Afterwards, he insisted with typical politeness that nothing that was said crossed the line.

Markram said there had been less "chat" from the Australians but that had not made it any any easier. "I try to get into that bubble, it's like a space for me". However, they failed to grasp the situation later in the day. But Kallis just kept on batting.

"We have tried to really care for each other this week". From the end of the third over, when he sent Josh Hazlewood to the midwicket boundary, Markram was ahead of his opening partner, Dean Elgar, and he stayed there. Moreover, this is not the first Kohli openly praised Markram on Twitter.

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However, Australia fought back during the extended closing session with some late wickets - including that of Proteas captain Faf du Plessis for a golden duck and AB de Villiers out for a battling 69 - to earn a much-needed uplift in confidence as the hosts finished 313-6. Du Plessis promised his team would be ruthless in its effort to seal the series amid Australia's crisis and Markram was the best illustration of that, knuckling down to make his fourth century in his 10th test and hitting 17 fours and a six. There's been a lot of drama this last week and it's not nice to see.

"It's quite a special feeling".

"Putting three guys into a Test match, two have come from Australia and one hasn't played in a game for a while, was always going to be a little bit tough", said Australian bowling coach David Saker.

After winning the toss and electing to bat first, The Proteas got off to a good start scoring at just under three runs an over in the first hour of play.

"I spoke to our players about bringing it in". Markram has been touted as the future national leader, and all the qualities he has espoused in this series explain why. "That's been the story of the series so far".

But Markram indicated he may not be ready for all the pressures that come with being in charge just yet. "For us, it was to show we want to be super competitive but we also want to be respectful of the opposition".

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