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00:08remember as we say hello to you day one of the ICC World Test Championship final South Africa
00:15taking on Australia South Africa won the toss and under cloudy skies with the lights on they
00:24have said we will have a bowl first and they are the two sides or there is the Australian side I
00:30make it it's a very good team obviously it's got to change there and Lavishane that's going to be
00:34batting for the first time up the top there and well it's a mark and Brian Rickleton at the top
00:38of the order Rickleton fresh off at 200 in his last test innings he's a rabata is back he's coming from
00:45the nursery and Kawaja takes first strike 11 hundreds for Lavishane averaging nearly 47 first
00:52ball of the final Rivada to Kawaja it's a good start we have our first run inside edge of Lavishane in
01:08fact he's going to come back for two gone success and the first one for South Africa a beautiful
01:22piece of bowling and they've got a prize in Kawaja that I think an excellent catch from first slip
01:28betting him he just got distracted by the movements of second grabber this is a big blow because he's
01:35someone who can battle on he's not trouble the scorers he goes for no scores 12 for one giant figure of
01:40Cam Green at 3-4 Australia
01:43that may have just hit the bottom of the bat first boundary and most unusual
01:52another one
01:56two on the over South Africa are on fire and
01:59Rabada has removed Green just like that two great slip catches and one over
02:05Smitty catching brilliant catching from the South Africans
02:08twice in the over an Australian batsman has made his way back to the visitors dressing room
02:18was Steve Smith who as usual charges his way out into the middle
02:23just short maybe it was nearly three for South Africa but it's still 18 for two
02:36there's his hands he's talked about them had a big break between the Champions Trophy in here
02:44and the boundary to finish off the over
02:47confidently onto the front foot he's just pushed a few for a couple of runs this time
02:55a little bit more aggressive to find the boundary
02:57oh that's just beaten on the inside edge
03:02that's four yes drifting onto the pads
03:08he's got it in the gap he couldn't have split the field better
03:15edge not caring
03:18nicely played
03:26it's in the gap as well and into the boundary
03:29he's taking a base of action so he'll get four
03:36oh he's got the fingers gone up
03:41there you go it's South Africa getting their number three
03:46La Bouchang shaking his head
03:51La Bouchang he has to go
03:57goes for 17 Australia now 46 for three and what a time to bring out Travis Head because we know
04:03anything can happen here
04:05he's got that one Travis Head you give him two opportunities
04:10he'll get one of them he is underway and the Aussies like the sight of Travis Head in this mode
04:17Smith goes for that gives it absolutely everything
04:23and a couple of boundaries late here in the session for Australia
04:30nearly cracking delivery
04:34little touches there down the
04:36and South Africa are jubilant
04:42and South Africa are jubilant because they have owned this first morning's play
04:44and they have caught brilliantly
04:48South Africa look at Kyle Burain so so happy what a moment
04:54dangerous dangerous dangerous player goes again before lunch
04:59and Australia are reeling here at 67 for four
05:02this is a happy group A B
05:04the big wicket of Travis Head just before the lunch break makes it a
05:08great session for South Africa
05:10Steve Smith as he often does for Australia
05:13was fighting hard
05:14good start that isn't it to his test match career
05:16he has been playing county cricket here for Warwickshire
05:29short wide and Steve Smith absolutely belts it
05:36shape and he goes with the swing at no stage to try and keep that down
05:43oh that's the variation he's had one go past his outside edge and now one
05:47nip back and go past the inside edge
05:53there's those hands again he doesn't really move his front foot into the shot
05:57but he has silky hands
06:03that's a beautiful drive on the up
06:07again was he just in line
06:12that's hit the bit right on the soft spot on the knee and he's felt it
06:16but he's still there
06:18well finally we do have ball tracking
06:22two reds three reds
06:24Stuart Broad spot on
06:26now we don't know if there was any inside edge
06:28but it didn't look like it looked like there was a big gap
06:31did he hit it
06:33he certainly didn't
06:37that's through so extra width there and Bo Webster doesn't miss out
06:49he's cut cut hard as Smith does as what Smith does here at Lourdes he scores runs as his 50 comes up
06:57that is fantastic the only thing that was missing for South Africa was the outside edge
07:08oh
07:08gets on the back foot and just straight pulls it down the ground
07:17short of a length and Smith so quickly into position
07:20a couple of bounces so a pressure on spin immediately
07:27just being on to the legs and that's a fatal error any day of the week in any condition
07:35otherwise that'll happen give him too much work because he has a big stride forward and when he plays like that you can see why he's in the starting 11
07:42not there just take a player out of that area and you get exposed
07:50a big man takes a big catch and they've got the one they wanted and it's a bonus it's Markram
08:07yeah we reckon he's on to change the ends for the other bowlers we look at his stats average at 84 with the ball he's just picked up three wickets
08:14I'll tell you what his fourth is the most important he's ever picked up he was Steve Smith he was looking so sick looking so good
08:21he goes for 66 146 for five another dangerous player and Alex Carey fine left-hander
08:31that's a glorious shot but really is a trademark
08:36oh inside edge and that'll run up the hill bonus runs for Webster
08:45that's it his strength and it's a flashing blade from Alex Carey
08:52fine shot
08:57gets that away 50 for Webster second in test match cricket once again showing he's got a very good
09:04temperament for this format of the game
09:05well that's gone through they'll get four
09:18down to third man in the gap between gully and second slip
09:26sweeps
09:26players will leave the field for a cup of tea after 50 overs 190 for five and see in the afternoon
09:35session of play court run rate being maintained as well 123 runs going at over four and a half
09:41runs per over more importantly that wickets column losing just one wicket we need to watch Robata we need
09:47to be very clear on our plans to Robata find out who's going to take the third session of day one
09:51second
10:02loves the sweet shot loves all types of sweet shots particularly against left-arm orthodox spin it's
10:08worked for him so well in his career but not today not in the ultimate test
10:14here he goes for 23 192 for six the captain comes out to the middle Pat
10:20Cummins just rode with the ball hands away from him for a fraction but didn't
10:27panic and just guides it down to the boundary
10:31but it picks up his third he has been the man for South Africa today
10:38Cummins is just there for the six deliveries he gets one to his name it's
10:43199 for seven it's Mitchell Stark it's the middle it's a shot he loves don't
10:51fold that length to bow Webster tickled fine there's another four
11:01and it's taken the six cordon have been on that song also on song is Robada that
11:08is his fourth he passes Alan Donald and today he is searching for one more to go
11:14up on the honors board he goes for 72 of 92 nice entertaining innings 210 now eight
11:22wickets down well the last time Nathan Lyon
11:26through the defenses once again South Africa very quickly going through the tail of Australia
11:35he might have thought you'd come over the wicket and see if you can trap him in front
11:39base gone wide on the crease and it's the angle a little bit of movement but it's more about the
11:44length line goes without scoring 211 now for nine Hazelwood walking out to that but he's doing it now and he needs to do it well
11:51and there it is what a moment for Kegiso Robada it's the second time on this ground at the home of cricket that he has taken five for he goes on the honors board he wraps up the Australian tail and South Africa after winning the toss and sending Australia in will be wrapped with those 47 overs bowled
12:16and Kegiso Robada will take the accolades brilliant bowling performance on the ultimate stage skipper won the toss this morning and if you'd
12:24said to Australia be two hundred and twelve in Mark room coming out there Rickleton now he's an impressive young player and this man is going to start the proceedings which will start what can you say swing it's Mark from the man on strike
12:38inside edge back on the steps the shape was good the pace was up there and it's Mitchell start striking for Australia
12:55aiden Mark room goes without scoring South Africa nine for one has been Mulder comes out to bat batting number three for the first time
13:06fine shot punch down the ground for four
13:13edge and taken no
13:18was that an edge there
13:23again punch down the ground we've seen that once before
13:31it's a beautiful shot he's such a natural player it's such a good eye
13:41Rickleton
13:42there you go safely snappled by Couragia and he has done it again which will start this has been a superb spell
13:52excellent bowling again happy to go full and at the swing do the work
13:59of Rickleton he's got for 16 19 for two timber above a difficult time to bat through he's a very fine player
14:06straight through maybe a bit of inside edge but you just knew it was coming you sense the pressure was building
14:19and Cummins is so good that exposing a weakness Mulder goes to six it is 25 to three Tristan Stubbs the new player what a fine young talent he is
14:30just short again only just short
14:37and he's off the mark a cheer goes up as if he's got a hundred here at Lord's
14:45the South Africans have waited patiently
14:47he's played the perfect forward defense and Hazelwood has just gone that little bit fuller
14:58and it's a bail trimmer
15:00Stubbs disparts for two South Africa 30 for four
15:06David Beddingham who's played quite a bit of cricket in England played for Durham and played really well
15:12as for the magic delivery full and straight
15:17Beddingham punches it down the ground and gets off the mark with the boundary
15:21will be back-to-back boundaries
15:28London buses you wait ages for one and two come along
15:31one after the other
15:33but what an excellent days cricket that has been
15:35all the talk before the game was about two top bowling attacks
15:40and the bowlers have really delivered
15:43in conditions that have done a bit
15:46and it has been a very watchable first day in this World Test Championship Final
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