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

• Updates as the Proteas host Australia n Gqeberha

• Start at 9.45am local/6.45pm AEDT/8.45am BST

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Weather! We’ll have some of it. Allegedly the good kind. Mild day with some sunshine, says the prognostication. Good day for batting, if one can keep at it.

Early start by 15 minutes, extended finish by “until it gets dark”.

There it was, another entry in Australia’s hall of infamy against South Africa. There was 47 all out, in the innocent days when the 2011 Test was the worst humiliation in Cape Town. There was 85 all out in Hobart, 2016, that led to half the side being sacked. Now there is 99 all out in Gqeberha, one day after the home team blew past 400, only for the visitors to follow on halfway through day four.

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