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The Guardian - UK
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Daniel Gallan (later, at Lord's) and Martin Pegan (earlier)

South Africa v Australia: World Test Championship final cricket, day one – as it happened

Josh Hazlewood, center, celebrates the dismissal of South Africa's Tristan Stubbs
Australia have South Africa on the ropes at Lord’s. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Day report

Ali Martin’s report from a mad day is up.

And with that I’ll sign off.

Phew, South Africa have a mighty mountain to climb tomorrow.

We’ll be back to see how high they get.

What can South Africa do from here?

Well, according to Marco Jansen, it’s pretty simple. They have to back themselves.

Here’s what the lanky fast bowler had to say:

Bowling-wise I think we did really well and batting-wise, we lost a few there at the end. They bowled well and we are going to have our work cut out for us tomorrow.

At the moment Australia are far ahead, but it’s not impossible. We still have a lot of guys in the camp to make runs for us and a lot of guys that can score quickly as well, so when those guys get themselves in, I am confident they can get some runs in.

[And on Rabada] He was unbelievable. To have a guy like that in the team you just never know what you are going to get. I could see in the game blood in his eyes.

Blood in his eyes? Good heavens!

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