{"id":924113,"date":"2026-10-11T10:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/924113\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T10:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:04:13","slug":"live-cricket-scores-australian-bowlers-look-for-early-wickets-against-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/924113\/","title":{"rendered":"Live cricket scores: Australian bowlers look for early wickets against South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The GOAT has his first!<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">And it was brilliant from Smith at slip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Bavuma, who averages 53 as captain, went for the reverse sweep.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Smith read the batters mind and moved to his right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The flight and bounce beat Bavuma and the ball caught the top half of the bat and Sumdge was perfectly placed for the catch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">SA 3-93<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/9fd552a9b37127ab9e0239d6ce9c51c8261be4d6.jpg\" alt=\"DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 11:  Nathan Lyon of Australia during day 3 of the 1st Dafabet Test match between South Africa and Australia at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium on October 11, 2026 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Gerhard Duraan\/Gallo Images\/Getty Images)\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconNathan Lyon. Credit: Gallo Images\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The GOAT has his first! And it was brilliant from Smith at slip. Bavuma, who averages 53 as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":924114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,56117,740,588,85],"class_list":["post-924113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-cricket-team","tag-cricket","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}