South Africa Vs Australia Highlights 1st Test, Day 2: Bad Light Causes Early End As Stumps Gets Called

Hello, we are back with Day 2 of the South Africa vs Australia 1st Test. Australia ended Day 1 at 187/6, with Matt Renshaw and Pat Cummins at the crease. Stay tuned for all the live updates as the action continues in Kingsmead, Durban.

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Day 1 of the Test match featured fewer overs but plenty of entertainment, with two different records being set on the same day. Check out our stories on the records:

1. Steve Smith Creates History, Overtakes Former Australia Legend To Achieve This Feat

2. Duck On Comeback! Nic Maddinson Scripts Unwanted Record With Struggling 33-Ball Zero

Matt Renshaw and Pat Cummins look ready to take the field, eager to guide Australia to a stronger position. The umpires are walking out to the middle, and play is about to get underway!

Australia have started well. Matt Renshaw completes his half-century on the second ball of the day with an outside edge, racing away for four. He takes a single on the next ball. Pat Cummins guides the last delivery of the over for four, taking nine runs off Nortje's bowling.

AUS: 196/6 (66 Overs)

Renshaw has opened for Australia and is now batting at number 5. He breaks down the major difference in batting at both positions.

Australia have crossed the 200-run mark. At one point, they were reduced to 124/6. Looking at South Africa's form, reaching 200 looked like a dream for Australia. However, Matt Renshaw and Pat Cummins' partnership has done wonders, adding 78* runs off 169 balls to rescue the side. Pat Cummins eyes a fifty, batting on 42, while Renshaw is batting on 51.
Aus: 202/6 (70 overs)

It has been quite a morning for the Australians in the middle. The runs have come easily, but the short-ball barrage from Anrich Nortje has kept them on their toes. One of the deliveries almost got Pat Cummins out as he tried defending the short ball on the off stump, resulting in an outside edge. The ball fell short of the slip, giving relief to the Australian camp.

AUS: 209/6 (73 Overs)

Wiaan Mulder provides the breakthrough, dismissing Pat Cummins (43) in his first over of the day. He was brought on to break a partnership that was proving troublesome for the South African camp.

Mulder comes round the wicket with two slips and a gully in place. He bowls a length delivery which takes an outside edge off Cummins' bat and goes to second slip, where Markram makes no mistake.

AUS: 210/7 (74 overs)

South Africa have taken the new ball after 80 overs. Marco Jansen to bowl the first over with it as South Africa look to wrap up the Australian innings quickly. Anrich Nortje warming up, probably bowling the next over.

AUS: 225/7 (80 Overs)

Wiaan Mulder has struck with the new ball, sending Mitchell Starc (6) back to the pavilion. Mulder shatters Starc's stumps, beating his defense. South Africa now need two more wickets to wrap up the innings, while Matt Renshaw is batting at the other end.

AUS: 230/8 (81.3 Overs)

Matt Renshaw is showing some real character in the middle. After losing Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc early in the day, he continues going strong, unbeaten on 87 off 187 balls. He is looking to reach his first Test hundred since 2017, which would be only his second in the format. Nathan Lyon is looking solid as the pair combine to help Australia eye the 300-run mark.

AUS: 254/8 (89 Overs)

Matt Renshaw completes his second Test century, and what an occasion to bring up this achievement. Australia were reduced to 124/6 at one point. He has combined first with Pat Cummins, then Mitchell Starc, and now Nathan Lyon to take Australia close to the 300-run mark. A big headache for South Africa, surely, as they look to wrap up the Australian innings.

This morning session belonged entirely to Matt Renshaw, whose brilliant century rescued Australia from early trouble. Adding 90 runs across 30.4 overs for the loss of two wickets, the visitors thoroughly turned the tables. After Cummins and Renshaw extended their solid partnership, Wiaan Mulder struck twice to remove Cummins and Starc, threatening a quick collapse below 250. However, Renshaw stood firm, anchoring a vital unbroken ninth-wicket stand alongside Nathan Lyon. Now approaching the 300-run mark, Australia enters lunch with the momentum. Join us in 35 minutes to see if the tail wags further or if South Africa quickly claims the final two wickets.

Keshav Maharaj bowls the first over of the second session on Day 2, with centurion Matt Renshaw on strike.

Relive the moment Matt Renshaw brought up his second Test hundred.

300! Australia have crossed the 300-run mark after Matt Renshaw clips a delivery angled into his pads towards mid-wicket.

AUS: 300/8 (105 Overs)

Physio on the pitch as Matt Renshaw is struck by a sharp bouncer from Anrich Nortje.

AUS: 310/8 (109.3 overs)

South Africa wouldn't have expected to still be bowling in the second session after removing Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc early in the day. Matt Renshaw and Nathan Lyon have added 128 runs off 265 deliveries. Renshaw has gone big at one end while Nathan Lyon stoutly defends his wicket.

AUS: 358/8 (126 Overs)

Marco Jansen finally breaks the marathon 134-run ninth-wicket partnership, trapping Nathan Lyon LBW for 27 off 92 balls. Caught deep in his crease expecting a short delivery, Lyon was struck right in front of middle stump after failing to bring his bat down in time. Though he chanced his luck with a review, Lyon was already walking off, knowing his magnificent rearguard action had come to a close.

Australia seized total control of the Durban Test during a dominant second session, pushing their total to 390. Matt Renshaw anchored the remarkable recovery, walking in at 84 for 3 and steering the visitors past a middle-order collapse alongside Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon. Their resilient 134-run ninth-wicket partnership left South Africa's bowlers completely out of ideas, forcing captain Temba Bavuma to trial part-time options before Marco Jansen finally broke through. Registering his career-best Test score, an unbeaten Renshaw stands tall on 190, eyeing a historic maiden double century as players head to tea.

Australia drew first blood as Josh Hazlewood struck early in the innings, removing Ryan Rickelton for a duck. Pitching the ball up and across the left-hander, Hazlewood enticed Rickelton into a loose drive on the wide delivery. Playing with hard hands and failing to account for the angle, Rickelton could only manage a thick edge that flew sharply toward third slip at a comfortable height. The towering Beau Webster made no mistake, taking a clean catch reverse-cupped to give Australia an immediate breakthrough and extend their early momentum.

Play has been brought to a premature halt as the umpires hold a discussion with the bowler regarding deteriorating visibility conditions, prompting both teams to walk off the field due to bad light. With the evening closing in, it is looking increasingly likely that the umpires will call stumps for Day 2, and we await official confirmation from the officials.

Stumps has been called on Day 2 of the Test match after a thrilling day of cricket at Kingsmead, with Australia posting a commanding total of 390. Matt Renshaw stole the show by crafting a brilliant, career-best knock of 190, rescuing the visitors from a precarious 124 for 6 alongside crucial lower-order partnerships from Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon, though he fell agonistically just 10 runs short of a maiden double century. Wiaan Mulder was the pick of the South African bowlers with an impressive four-wicket haul. In response, the Proteas safely negotiated the tricky new-ball spell despite Josh Hazlewood dismissing Ryan Rickelton early, as Aiden Markram and David Bedingham counter-attacked aggressively. With batting conditions remaining favorable in Durban, South Africa will look to capitalize and build a formidable total when play resumes on Day 3.