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

• Updates as the Proteas host Australia at St George’s Park

• Play start time in Gqeberha is 9.45am local/6.45pm AEDT/8.45am BST

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The forecast is decent for today: cool temperatures around 20 degrees, some cloud cover with plenty of scattered sunshine. Hopefully no more rain, though we may not get all of the extended overs in due to the light. We’ll start 15 minutes early and hope to go later than the scheduled stumps, to make up for rain earlier in the match.

In seriousness, that Bavuma innings was one for the ages. Scarcely have we seen such a deviation from the mean, from a player who struggled to convert fifties to one who dominated from such a difficult situation across three, however abbreviated, days of play. Plenty of help from his lower order, but he was the core.

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