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

One good partnership and this could very much be South Africa’s day.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated October 30, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC
Key points
  • Rickelton gets a ball from Lyon that is not exactly short, but the batter gets back and leans away to make the length and the width he wants, cuts behind point for four.
  • Given the turn and it only getting more exaggerated through the game, Lyon is backed up by Connolly and Renshaw?
  • Coetzee hasn’t really fired - yet - so you wonder what Maharaj could’ve done here...” Continue reading...

Get in touch with an email 52nd over: South Africa 151-4 (Breetzke 23, Rickelton 15) There they go!

I’m wondering, do you think South Africa missed a trick with only one frontline spinner here?

Additional details
  • Fire up the CRUCIAL FIRST SESSION machine, this really will decide the match.
  • Updates from the series decider at Newlands Any thoughts?

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