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South Africa v Australia: second men’s cricket Test, day four – live

Wednesday 21 October13:00 · 1h agoAI summary
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South Africa enforce the follow-on after bowling Australia out for 110, leaving the tourists 326 runs behind in the second Test at St George's Park.

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01Summary

  1. 01Australia trail by 326 runs after being bowled out for 110 in their first innings.
  2. 02South Africa's Marco Jansen took 5 for 33, his best Test figures.
  3. 03Nic Maddinson made 4 before being caught behind off Kagiso Rabada for the second time in two days.
  4. 04Anrich Nortje is off the field injured, leaving South Africa a bowler down.
  5. 05South Africa enforced the follow-on, a rare decision in modern Test cricket.

02Why it matters

This story matters because South Africa, 1-0 down in the series, have taken a bold risk by enforcing the follow-on with a depleted attack, putting Australia under immediate pressure to save the match.

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