Jansen takes five as Australia are bowled out for 99 in Gqeberha, 326 behind
Marco Jansen took five wickets for 33 runs as Australia were bowled out for 99 on day four of the second Test at St George's Park. They finished 326 runs behind South Africa's 425 for 9 declared.
A collapsing top order
Australia had already lost Nic Maddinson for a fourth-ball duck late on day three. On Wednesday, nightwatchman Scott Boland went to the first ball he faced, edging Jansen to Ryan Rickelton, Fox Sports reported.
Jansen then trapped Travis Head lbw for 14. Head was given not out on the field, but Jansen talked captain Temba Bavuma into a review, and ball-tracking showed three reds. Australia were 22 for 3.
Simon Harmer caught Marnus Labuschagne for 14 off Anrich Nortje. Nortje later pulled up with an injury and went to the dressing room, Fox Sports said.
Two wickets in three balls, then the tail
Bavuma brought Jansen back before lunch, and he removed Matt Renshaw for 12, caught by Harmer, and Alex Carey for a second-ball duck, caught behind. That left Australia 65 for 6.
Smith batted 88 balls for his 28 before Mulder bowled him at 96 for 8. Beau Webster made 13 before Jansen had him caught by Aiden Markram, for the bowler's fifth wicket. Rabada removed Mitchell Starc for 1, and Mulder ended the innings when Pat Cummins chipped to Matthew Breetzke at deep midwicket for 7.
Fox Sports said that, before lunch, it was the seventh time in two years that Australia had lost their first six wickets for under 100.
The follow-on question
"Looks like South Africa have enforced the follow-on," Cricbuzz's commentary said at the innings break, adding that Bavuma was speaking to the umpires. The follow-on has been enforced against Australia only twice this century, Fox Sports noted: at Sydney against India in 2019 and at Trent Bridge in the 2005 Ashes.
| Australia first innings (Cricbuzz) | |
|---|---|
| Total | 99 all out, 42.3 overs |
| Deficit | 326 |
| Last four wickets | 84-7, 96-8, 97-9, 99-10 |
| Cricbuzz win predictor at the innings break | Chance |
|---|---|
| Draw | 61% |
| South Africa win | 37% |
| Australia win | 2% |
