Australia have a slight edge going in to day two of the second Test at Port Elizabeth, keeping South Africa to 5-214 on a good batting surface.
Three home batsmen reached half centuries, top-scoring opener Dean Elgar (86) – who replaced Alviro Peterson – along with Faf du Plessis (55) and the world’s top-ranked batsman AB De Villiers, who was not out after a patient 51 off 126 deliveries.
Spinner Nathan Lyon, who got Elgar and Du Plessis out, considered it a “pretty good day” for the tourists, who have a 1-0 lead in the series after a convincing win at Centurian.
“They are a world-class batting line-up. To have them five-down on a pretty slow wicket and pretty flat wicket with an extremely fast outfield is a great effort by the Australian bowlers … we’re pretty happy with where the game is sitting right now,” Lyon said.
“We have to come up with the new ball tomorrow morning and hopefully there is a little bit more assistance there, either up or down and hopefully we can get the ball moving some way. Then we can hopefully take five wickets and our batters can have a decent crack.”
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