South Africa vs Australia

The real summer of cricket gets under way in Brisbane as Australia, fresh off a series sweep over the West Indies, take on the Proteas in what is always an ...

Starc has drawn an enquiry from behind the wicket, Elgar playing at one outside off. At the same time, Erwee doesn’t mind getting on the front foot, hitting another boundary down the ground. Good looking start from the Victorian as he is on the money straight away and beats the bat. Erwee with a loose flash at a full ball, squirts away off the outside edge and Cameron Green’s giant mits at gully all too happy to hang onto that. Then helps him up over backward point from another ball dug in and it goes all the way for six. In light of losing four wickets in the opening hour of play, South Africa’s batting has hardly set the world alight in recent times.

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Coverage is set to begin at 7.20pm ET / 4.20pm PT just in time for the first over of the day. Its coverage starts at 5.50am IST on Sony Sports Ten 2 just in time for the start of play. South Africa, on the other hand, have their full assault of impressive quicks: Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen. Captain Pat Cummins returns to the Australia XI after sitting out the second West Indies Test, but fellow seamer Josh Hazlewood has been unable to recover from his side strain in time. Prices on the latter start at $25 a month and carry Fox's full spectrum of live sports. Coverage starts in the early hours of each morning at 2.10am. Alternatively, you can add it as a channel to an existing cable plan (e.g. This gives you all the BT Sport channels - including coverage of the Test cricket, Premier League and European football, Champions Cup rugby, UFC, boxing and more - for just £25 a month. Prices for SonyLiv start at ₹299 a month or ₹599 annually. Australia v South Africa is being shown by BT Sport 3 in the UK. Rassie van der Dussen returns after missing out on the series with England earlier in 2022, slotting in it at first drop to replace Keegan Petersen who misses out with a torn hamstring. It's a series that sees the two top ranked teams on the ICC World Test Championship table go head-to-head.

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You can also download the NDTV Cricket app for Australia skipper Pat Cummins had won the toss and opted to bowl in the game. Kyle Verreynne and Temba Bavuma have helped the side make a small recovery.

Bavuma and Verreynne put together an unbroken half-century to limit damage in frenetic morning session on a green Gabba deck.

Bavuma could have been found short of his ground when he defended to gully and appeared to want the run with Verreynne halfway down the pitch. But Starc had Elgar in his next over when the South African captain tried to nudge a 140kph rib-tickler through to Carey. He had Erwee caught low down by Cameron Green in the gully and in the same over, had Khaya Zondo given out lbw to a delivery that rose on him and hit him on the back pad. With Rassie van der Dussen new to the crease and back from an injury, South Africa seemed stuck. Starc thought he had Elgar in his second over when the South African captain jammed his bat into the turf as the ball slid under it and Alex Carey caught it. Mitchell Starc and Cummins were guilty of bowling a little too short and struggled to find their lines early on, but still caused problems for the openers.

Australia's Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Scott Boland took early wickets to leave South Africa reeling on the first day of the first Test between the ...

Lyon ended Verreynne's 96-ball defiance in the next over when Smith took a sharp catch at slip and also had Anrich Nortje (0) caught in the 46th. Lyon returned 3-14 from eight overs, troubling the lower order, with Starc collecting 3-41 from 14, narrowly missing out on his 300th Test wicket when Travis Head put down a sharp, juggling catch at short leg. He was the first Australian captain to do that in 22 years since Stephen Waugh led Australia to an innings victory against West Indies in 2000.

CRR: 3.07. Batting, R(B), 4s, 6s, SR. Travis Head*, 6(18), 1, 0, 33.33. Steven Smith, 10(22), 0, 0, 45.45. Bowling, O, M, R, W. Anrich Nortje*, 3, 1, 15, 1.

It's a low full toss, asking to be punished, and Smith drives it crisply. This is back of a length just outside off, Smith tries forcing through the off-side, and it cuts in off the seam to find the inside edge 26.3 Ngidi to Smith, no run, chopped back off a thick inside edge, and only just misses leg stump!

CRR: 4.37. Batting, R(B), 4s, 6s, SR. Travis Head*, 78(77), 13, 1, 101.3. Bowling, O, M, R, W. Kagiso Rabada*, 11.1, 1, 50, 2. Anrich Nortje, 8, 1, 37, 2 ...

Full delivery just outside off, Smith looks to defend and it nips past the edge Nortje dishes out a fiery short ball around off to make life difficult for the nightwatchman It goes between the bat and pad, and crashes into the top of middle. He came in with the score at 27/3, and took the game on to deflate the South African attack. Rabada just needs one ball at Boland to send him packing. South Africa need a big morning tomorrow to stay in the contest.

An aggressive Travis Head put Australia in charge after the first day of the opening Test against South Africa at the Gabba in Brisbane on Saturday.

Cummins began to find his line and length and was next to strike, with Rassie van der Dussen getting a faint edge to a ball that moved off the seam to leave South Africa 27-2. Starc began the rout with the first ball of the third over when South African captain Dean Elgar tickled a ball down the leg side to keeper Alex Carey. After bowling out the visitors for 152 on the stroke of tea, Head came to the crease with the Australian score a precarious 27-3.

Travis Head of Australia bats during day one of the First Test match between Australia and South Africa at The Gabba on December 17, 2022 in Brisbane. Image: ...

Starc broke their stand by bowling Bavuma and South Africa promptly collapsed, losing their last six wickets for 27 runs. It might have been worse for South Africa but for Verreynne and Bavuma who built a defiant 98-run partnership after the Proteas crashed to 27 for four under a fierce pace assault. Paceman Mitchell Starc and spinner Nathan Lyon had earlier taken full advantage with three wickets apiece.

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Nortje’s first ball of his 10th over is on the button but the second strays down leg side and Travis Head slides it off his hip to the fine leg boundary. With a typically cavalier Travis Head in tow, he put on 113 in 23 overs and wrestled back the ascendency. Green is off the mark, nudging Rabada down the ground for a single off the first while Head misses the chance to blaze two half-volleys through the gaps, finding the field each time. The third is on an off side line but Head skips inside it and clips it close to the rope for more runs. Conversely, Starc loves to live by the Lance Cairns credo of ‘give it a heave’ but is watchful against the speed and guile of Nortje… He moved late and pushed hard to a fast angled ball in the corridor of uncertainty and got a healthy edge which flew into the slips where it was juggled, ballooning high, before being pouched by Sarel Erwee. He flinched at the first two and swung hard and hopeful at the third to give Nortje an easy catch and Rabada his first scalp of the day. The hackles are up and he’s running in hard, albeit to a stubbornly defensive field. Captain Elgar banished him to the deep to cool his heels awhile and now he’s back. Kagiso Rabada is the leader of this Proteas attack but he was loose and expensive in his first spell. He comes around the wicket and bends like a safety pin to get the ball skything past Starc’s stubble. It’s the first caught and bowled in his 50 Test wickets and it’s one the Proteas needed.

Australia loses its last five wickets before lunch, including Travis Head for 92, on day two of the first Test against South Africa. Follow live.

Some late out-swing to start and it spits out to backward point. Must be hoping height or an inside edge saves him, but that looked like an absolutely purple stone fruit. He leaves his first ball and gets whacked on the thigh pad. Great hands by Green. Just missing the top of off. Another edge taken by Green! Swinging down the line of the stumps, but not given. Bowling across Rassie van der Dussen, swinging it back through a wide open and pretty rusty gate to clatter into the stumps. Well chased and stopped by Marnus Labuschagne. Starc pitches full and Bavuma punches through cover for three. And the batters may not mind because Scott Boland is just lurking. He will prefer it up the other end I'd imagine.

Pat Cummins led by example dismissing his counterpart in his first over and Mitchell Starc made Rassie van der Dussen his 300th Test wicket. South Africa have ...

Australia vs South Africa, 1st Test, Day 2 Live Updates: South Africa are three down against Australia in their second innings of the ongoing first Test match at The Gabba in Brisbane. You can also download the NDTV Cricket app for On Saturday, Australia bundled out South Africa for 152 after skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bowl first.

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Kagiso Rabada to Usman Khawaja, Kagiso Rabada starts his spell with a maiden. Kagiso Rabada to Usman Khawaja, Fifth dot now! Warner opens the face and guides it to point. Usman Khawaja looks to block but is early into his shot and the ball hits the handle of his bat. David Warner hangs back and pulls it down to deep square leg. Kagiso Rabada to Usman Khawaja, OUT!

Pat Cummins: Tricky wicket. I thought the way Head and Smith batted got us to this winning position. (On the pitch being difficult) I'm a bowler so you're ...

A two day Test match, the question to be asked is will questions be asked of this pitch now? Maybe that is the blueprin to play on a pitch that has so much to offer. Just like the first innings, Head gloves it through to the keeper. An unlike Steven Smith shot as he goes chasing after a short, wide one, trying to slash it over the infield. Still, Rabada exploited the pitch and troubled the Aussie batters with his back of a length bowling. We knew we had to play and miss, just hope we get a bit luck. Australia also found it tough, and in hindsight it was a counter-attacking 92 from Travis Head that proved to be the difference between the two sides. Nice to be able to contribute and get a win. But it was a difficult wicket, credit to Head for the way he batted - almost scored a hundred. Conditions weren't in favour for the batters, the partnership between Smith and Head made the difference. Looking forward to a few days off, spending Christmas and then ready for the Boxing Day Test, that is always a big occasion. The hosts take a 1-0 lead in a Test that lasted just two days!!