South Africa v Australia: third men’s cricket Test, day two – live

• Updates from the final match of the series at Newlands

• First ball in Cape Town is 10.30am local/7.30pm AEDT/8.30am GMT

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1st over: Australia 5-0 (Renshaw 5, Head 0) Lovely bounce and carry from Rabada with the new ball. Two left-handers for him to aim at. The sun is shining again, the sky brilliantly blue, it looks a lovely day on the Cape. You’d best believe the mountain is hulking over the shoulder of the ground like a suspicious bouncer. Rabada doesn’t use the bouncer himself, comes around the wicket after a few balls but bowls a low full toss, and Renshaw with placement rather than effort deflects his square drive behind point for four, then takes one.

It’s Kagiso Rabada firing up the engines! Renshaw in his sights. This is good stuff.

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