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

The Guardian Sport · 22 October 2026 at 12:41

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 Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email What say you, traveller? Tarry by the fire a minute? We may trade tales of desperate glory.

A bit of that ahead of us today, or at least it needs to be if Australia hope to save this game.

This is a team that was forced to follow on yesterday, then lost four more wickets second time around, and they’re still 170 runs behind.

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

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