DAY 1: Proteas turn up heat as Mulder strikes
On the first day of the first test match in Durban, South Africa's bowlers reduced Australia to 187-6 before bad light forced an early end to play. Matt Renshaw and Pat Cummins provided a late-day recovery for the visitors.
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South Africa’s pacemen reduced Australia to 124-6, but Matt Renshaw and skipper Pat Cummins fought back with an unbroken seventh-wicket partnership of 63 to take the visitors to 187-6 on the first day of the first test at Kingsmead in Durban on Friday.
The match, which started in brilliant sunshine during the first two sessions, was curtailed soon after tea at 3.22pm after grey clouds quickly gathered over the ground and the umpires went off for bad light after just 65.2 overs.
Renshaw was undefeated on 46 and Cummins was on 33. Their partnership, which has so far lasted for 140 balls, is the biggest of the innings so far.
Stumps on Day One 🔚 Renshaw and Cummins fight back to close play at 187/6 🇦🇺🏏 #SSCricket | #SAvAUS https://t.co/roxu7L6CGR
Cummins won the toss and opted to bat first under a cloudless sky.
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