AUS vs. SA 1st Test: Australia Leads After Beating SA by 214 Runs

Australia have beaten South Africa by a score of 214 runs. In the last day, the Proteas tried to put up a fight, but once the new ball was introduced, the Aussie pacers unleashed fury, claming the last four wickets in just two overs. Josh hazelwood was the stand out with the ball. He got six wickets. The key architect of the win, however, was Matt Renshaw. It was he is 190 in the first innings that powered Australia to 390 after falling 124/6 down. He also scored 82 runs in the second innings, and even got two key wickets. The Aussies go 1-0 ahead in the series.

Score Summary of Australia vs. South Africa First Test at Durban

• Australia, who were chosen to bat, scored 390 runs in 137.2 overs in the first innings. Matt Renshaw (190), Pat Cummins (43), Wiaan Mulder (4-68), Marco Jansen (4-68), and Anrich Nortje (2-88).
• In the first innings, South Africa score 284 all out in 74 overs. Mitchell Starc (2-63), Josh hazelwood (2-54), Nathan Lyon (2-58), Pat Cummins (3-54), Aiden Markram (37), and David Bedingham (49).
• In the second inning Australia declared at 314-6 in 58 overs. Matt Renshaw (82), Nic Maddison (48), Anrich Nortje (2-56), and Keshav Maharaj (2-56).
• In the second innings, South Africa was all out by 86.5 over scoring 206. Josh hazelwood (6-49), Matt Renshaw (2-30), Aiden Markram (75), David Bedingham (46), Marco Jansen (35).

Day 5 Highlights

South Africa’s primary goal was to make Australia more anxious and bat long into the day, even if it always seemed impossible to chase down the world-record fourth-innings total. Since August 2016, when the first test match against New Zealand in Durban was severely impacted by weather, there hasn’t been a drawn test in South Africa.

Australia had been aiming to end the test early on day 5 before the unpredictable afternoon weather. They planned this ever since they declared their second innings at lunch on day 4. Day 4 was the longest. The first three days ended early in the last session because of poor light and heavy clouds were getting thicker.