Updates from the final day of the series at Newlands
First ball in Cape Town is 10.30am local/7.30pm AEDT/8.30am GMT
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What happened yesterday? Great question. A fine day of Test cricket, that’s what. But you want to know more. I know a guy who does match reports for The Guardian, let me hook you up.
It would be unfair to say that Australia let a winning position slip on the fourth day of the third Test at Cape Town, only because that would undersell how Ryan Rickelton and Wiaan Mulder prised it away. Australia’s vaunted four bowlers, owners of 1,674 wickets at day’s beginning, could only raise that to 1,678 by day’s end. In the process, a lead of 40 became 287. South Africa had been 40 for four in the first innings at Gqeberha and bounced back to win; they were effectively 40 for four in the third innings here, and now have a great chance to do the same.
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