Over-by-over report: Australia are playing for a series clean sweep of South Africa at the SCG. Join our writers for updates
What about the match? In one way, simple, Australia need 14 wickets to win. More complicated if the follow-on comes into play, which is 126 runs away. If South Africa’s first innings finishes up short of that follow-on, Australia will make them bat again immediately.
If they get past the follow-on, Australia has to decide whether to bat again or declare, which gives South Africa a route to winning the game. Equally, if South Africa bat enough time to get past the follow-on, there probably won’t be enough time left in the match for Australia to bowl them out a second time anyway. So, four wickets remaining in the visitors’ first innings, and they just have to hang around as long as possible. Australia need to get them out of the way quickly.
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