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

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And we’re about to get things under way on day four. Mulder has the ball in his hand, Maddinson is on strike. Let’s do this.

One of the aforementioned bowling quartet, Nathan Lyon, says he’s in the best shape of his career at the ripe old age of 38, nearly 39. His secret? Giving up the booze and an intense fitness regime. He’s what he had to say about it, after figures of 2-58 on day three.

The amount of work that I’ve put in, I’ve never had any doubt that I’ll get back. I haven’t had any alcohol for a fair while now, but I’m just trying to squeeze as much out of the lemon as possible that I can. I still feel like there’s a lot of decent cricket ahead of me, that’s for sure.

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