Live updates: South Africa vs Australia, second Test, day four from St George's Park in Gqeberha
Australia is facing a heavy defeat in the second Test against South Africa after a disastrous batting collapse on day four at St George's Park. Following on for just the third time this century, the Australian team was bowled out for 99 runs in their first innings and struggled again in their second.
Why it matters
This match marks one of the worst performance deficits for the Australian cricket team in decades, highlighting significant vulnerabilities in their current batting lineup.
Marnus Labuschagne was caught brilliantly at third slip by Simon Harmer for 14 runs. ( Getty Images: Gallo Images/Richard Huggard )
Link copied Share Share article Australia is staring down the barrel of a huge defeat in the second Test against South Africa, after a horror day of batting failures at St George's Park in Gqeberha.
Being made to follow on for just the third time this century, Australia's collapse came in stark contrast to the recovery of South Africa when faced with a similar situation on day three.
The Proteas were reduced to 6-110 before battling to 9-425.
The tourists though, were skittled for just 99 runs in their first innings, a whopping 326 runs behind South Africa's score, the largest first innings deficit Australia has faced since 1984.
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