00:03Yeah so happy to hear that and I'm sure absolutely everyone everywhere is happy
00:11that we're gonna get underway. Bavooma is out there and he's with Ackerman and the
00:21Australians ready and out on the park already. We now have action on the field and this is where
00:30South Africa are 20 for two having been put into bat yesterday by Pat Cummins. Two beautiful
00:40deliveries, one more beautiful than the other it'll be said but both really good one after the other.
00:50Starting very much the way that he's gone in his test match and I say that despite the fact that
00:56he's bowled just three and a half overs he's been troublesome.
01:06Shot really nicely played good stride out and he presents the full face and it's
01:12off through the covers. Four runs, 24 for two.
01:18What a view. Session times then. Just the one and the 30 overs you've just heard about.
01:27I don't suppose, no will they get more in? Probably not.
01:34Oh there we go again. It is Scott Boland once again. Right up there just a little bit of nibble
01:43enticing that drive and finding the edge. Three down. Yeah an inspired selection and inspired performance
01:52from Scotty Boland. His third wicket.
01:58Lovely. Straight down the ground and even though not quite off the middle
02:05it's hit well enough to go for four.
02:10Edge taken straight to Kerry.
02:14Bretzky's done and South Africa on the resumption have lost too quickly and
02:19they're in trouble at 40 for four. Stark in on the act now.
02:24And across Bretzky and maybe a little bit of extra bounce.
02:30Elegant shot. Square drive.
02:32Save the legs on that one. Much needed runs.
02:41It's good shooting. I don't know that he meant it to go exactly there but he'll take it and it
02:47really flew off the bat.
02:58And there's that skill you talk about Kaya. Hitting the seam darting it back and a really tight leave here.
03:09From one test to another. Beautifully handled by Ryan Rickleton. The classiest shot thus far.
03:22It's also well timed. That'll be four more.
03:26Superb batting. Ryan Rickleton has the range of strokes to be able to
03:32make good any opportunities that come his way. It's pretty important that they do.
03:41I had to get a move on.
03:47Cummins hits there. It makes it very interesting.
03:53Given a bit of width. Sometimes called a loosener. He hasn't done much wrong in this
03:59test match. Berlin. He's been brilliant. But it's four this time for Rickleton.
04:06And just as the sun goes behind the cloud and all of a sudden there's darkness
04:10over the ground. We'll get a couple of runs but it's off the edge.
04:18An attacking shot played by Timber Bavuma.
04:24And it's gone a long, long way. That is so against the run of play.
04:34We've got the band going as well.
04:37It's just so lovely to hear them playing. You feel like you haven't been to St. George's
04:41Park without hearing them. Of course, not hearing them yesterday.
04:44Through most of today as well. So now you feel like you're at St. George's Park.
04:49It's got such a lovely vibe about it.
04:55Well, it'll be a bit of luck.
04:58Goes through the slips for four. Now, maybe a slight win for Rickleton.
05:04Egyptian geese coming in.
05:11Lovely shots of the two Egyptian geese landing.
05:16Showing you how it's done.
05:28It's a bit of a contrast, that.
05:36The plan nearly worked.
05:38They had him standing there.
05:41They've been attacking his body.
05:43And it's down.
05:48Yeah, it's been very proactive.
05:50Cummins and Rickleton on those occasions, perhaps not expecting that line of attack.
05:56It was short. He had the man in position to take it.
06:00He got there quite comfortably and rust him.
06:0950 partnership between the two.
06:12Wonderful way for them to bring it up.
06:15They've done it before together.
06:17It's their third 50 partnership together and celebrated in the crowd.
06:24Oh, what a catch!
06:26What a catch!
06:27That Matt Renshaw, the golden hand from the first test,
06:31takes the best catch of his test career.
06:34Rickleton can't believe it.
06:35Boland's got four.
06:37Roll the replays of that because you will not believe it.
06:40That was an afterthought.
06:42That was an afterthought.
06:43It was a go-go gadget arm that he threw out in the end because
06:47carry didn't go.
06:48How carry doesn't go, we're not too sure.
06:50But it doesn't matter.
06:51Matt Renshaw was equal to the task.
06:58Yeah, also very much an illustration of
07:03the toughness of the job with bat in hand, particularly against this attack.
07:09And once Boland has got one, then all the others kind of smell blood in the water.
07:18Nicely work.
07:19Mulder opens his account down towards Boland.
07:22It's an aggressive second run.
07:25It's a good call in the end, but late in a day, a run out would have been a true
07:30disaster.
07:3095 for five, two overs to go.
07:44It really is an examination of batter's decision making.
07:52And if you allow him to operate in the channel and you keep throwing the hands out there,
07:59then he will.
08:00If not, if you're playing better than that and you can leave, he can come closer to the stumps
08:06and challenge your front pad and your off stump.
08:11So adjusts really well.
08:12I loved the way he adjusted yesterday where he bowled back of a link and then went front
08:17end of what is a length and got results straight away from that.
08:24Was that wicket?
08:25Does the Victorian go top of the pops now for the hardest worker of the day?
08:30Howie?
08:30Surely.
08:32Look at that cordon stacked.
08:36Oh, and he fends at it.
08:39Oh, so close.
08:42Stark to Mulder.
08:44It is short.
08:45He just eases back, but it's a dominant day for the tourists once again.
08:50They pick up three more wickets this afternoon after a lot of rain earlier on today.
08:54The boomers held his side together.
08:56South Africa will resume in the morning of day three at 97 for five.
09:01Yeah, really happy that we got just over 30 overs today.
09:04At one stage, it didn't look like there was going to be any cricket whatsoever.
09:07And that man, Scotty Boland, he has been on fire yesterday and he's on fire again today.
09:13He really has led this attack brilliantly with his four wickets.
09:16And it's been a fantastic effort for Australia.
09:18They were in command after day one.
09:20And if the player was here in day two, they've stayed in control.
09:27It would be easy and looking at the score that says 97 for five to have a green mamba in
09:36mind,
09:36a pitch that has been doing a whole lot that has been impossible to play.
09:42And therefore South Africa losing the five wickets.
09:45But credit must go to the Australian bowlers.
09:49Scott Boland particularly is four for 31.
09:53Living on the length, making the ball do a little bit as you expect with the new ball
09:58and drawing the South Africans into playing shots that they would otherwise not want to play.
10:04And also a slipcord.
10:06And that's been pretty good.
10:08Capped off by Renshaw, who took an absolute stunner.
10:13Bavuma showing his troops how it ought to be done.
10:17Solid in the way that he defended and resolute in his vigil and must continue tomorrow.
10:33Let's look at the batting.
10:35And yes, not a whole lot to speak of.
10:37They started to make a partnership, a semblance of one, Bavuma and Rickleton.
10:44But towards the end of the day, Rickleton nicked off.
10:50Just the one partnership, 52, really, between Bavuma and Rickleton.
10:54But the bowlers were impressive.
10:56Obviously, no.
10:58Josh Hazelwood today because of some illness.
11:01Starkey hit his straps at one stage, picked up the wicket of Bredski.
11:05Boland, the pick by far, four for 31.
11:06Cummins unlucky not to pick up a wicket ball brilliantly to Rickleton.
11:11And had a catch dropped at leg slip.
11:13And Webster just doing the holding job for four overs.
11:38It's a big deal.
11:39That's right.
11:46And it goes around here.
11:47I think it's too wonderful.
11:47Now, what is it going to do?
11:51I think it's a big deal, yeah.
11:52It's a massive deal.
11:54I think it's good.
11:54It's not a great deal.
11:55It's a cool situation.
11:56And it's a very big deal.
11:57I think it's good.
11:58I think it's too bad.
11:58I think it's a bad deal.
12:04I think it's too good.
12:23and that is expertly done
12:27that just taken
12:29and he takes it
12:31that is a wonderful hit
12:33that was hit with venom
12:35got him
12:36what a good catch
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