Australia extend Durban lead to 280 at lunch on day four
Australia held a 280-run lead over South Africa at lunch on the fourth day of the first Test in Durban, reaching 174-4 in their second innings. According to BBC Sport's live scorecard, Matt Renshaw was unbeaten on 32 and Alex Carey on five after 36 overs, with Australia still holding six wickets and no declaration recorded at the interval.
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Nic Maddinson supplied the quickest contribution among Australia's dismissed batters, scoring 48 from 38 balls with six fours and two sixes before Anrich Nortje bowled him. Travis Head made 11 before being caught by Temba Bavuma off Marco Jansen. Those dismissals left Australia at 72-2 after 11 overs, adding to the 106-run advantage they had secured on first innings.
South Africa's spinners accounted for the next two wickets. Steve Smith scored 27 from 41 deliveries before Jansen caught him off Simon Harmer with the total on 125. Marnus Labuschagne then fell for 37, caught by Bavuma off Keshav Maharaj at 157-4. Renshaw and Carey took the score to 174 without another loss before lunch, with Renshaw having faced 47 balls and Carey 14.
Renshaw had already made the largest contribution to Australia's first innings, scoring 190 from 397 deliveries in a total of 390. His innings contained 21 fours and a six. Australia had been 124-6 before recovering, with Pat Cummins adding 43 and Nathan Lyon 27. Wiaan Mulder finished with four wickets for 68, while Jansen took three for the same number of runs.
South Africa replied with 284, with David Bedingham's 49 their highest individual score. Aiden Markram contributed 37, Harmer remained unbeaten on 35 and Maharaj made 34. The home side had slipped to 197-8 before the last two wickets added 87 runs, reducing the deficit before Australia began their second innings.
Cummins led Australia's first-innings wicket tally with 3-54. Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Lyon each took two wickets, and Beau Webster claimed the other. The match at Kingsmead remained in progress at the lunch checkpoint: Australia's advantage had grown to 280, but South Africa had not yet been set a final fourth-innings target.
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