Bavuma's difficult start

Mar 31, 2018

Temba Bavuma had a tough start to the day, dodging bouncers and getting beaten routiney. He made only one run in the first hour of play•AFP

Nathan Lyon had Vernon Philander out in the deep, but he was taken for plenty of runs once Bavuma got settled and Keshav Maharaj swung the bat around•AFP

Usman Khawaja slashed and heaved, before finding some rhythm and hitting a free-flowing half-century to arrest the early damage•AFP

At the other end, Quinton de Kock was his usual free-flowing self and kept South Africa moving in the first session•AFP

Bavuma was stranded on 95 when Maharaj and Morne Morkel fell off consectuive deliveries; South Africa managed to make 488•AFP

But it was a mighty collapse after South Africa removed Khawaja, getting both the Marsh brothers to leave Australia tottering at stumps•AFP

Vernon Philander went about dismantling the Australian top order with the new ball•AFP