1st Test: Australia v South Africa at Perth

None of the calls Faf du Plessis will have to make in the next month

will be as important as the one he makes this evening.

The one to Graeme Smith.

Captain calling 

"I'm supposed to speak to Graeme a bit later, just to try to get some ideas of how

he did things when he was over here because he was a very successful captain.

I'm looking forward to that conversation.

If anyone knows how to win in Australia, it is Smith.

He is the only South African captain to take a team to victory in Australia,

and he did it twice"

South Africa 242 & 104/2 (40.0 ov)
Australia 244
South Africa lead by 102 runs with 8 wickets remaining

Amla 2 innings at Bat contribute 1 run  :-[

Vernon generating some speed there !

Current partnership  59 runs, 19.5 overs, RR: 2.97 (Duminy 34, Elgar 19)

JP and Deano gotta bat until Lunch.

still 3 full days play left !

tune in tonight at 10:30 !

Dale Steyn is done as a fast bowler..

Amla winding down

183 -2 after 66

JP 74* Dean 69*

Lunch

Another excellent day for South Africa as they close 390/6 leading Australia by 388 with two days to go

Awesome effort from South Africa today. Crucially, Rabada and Philander get an extra night's recovery, which is a huge boost.

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