{"id":925493,"date":"2026-10-12T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/925493\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:20:10","slug":"australia-vs-south-africa-live-first-test-cricket-series-under-way-in-durban-matthew-renshaw-falls-short-of-historic-double-pat-cummins-fireworks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/925493\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia vs South Africa LIVE: First Test cricket series under way in Durban; Matthew Renshaw falls short of historic double, Pat Cummins fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s tea on day four and Australia is in the box seat.<\/p>\n<p>Some fireworks from Pat Cummins has helped put Australia in a commanding position, having declared 6-314. They shouldn\u2019t lose from here. 421 is a giant total to chase down. There\u2019ll likely only be about another 90 overs across the next day or so. Bad light is a factor in Durban, with the past two days ending at 4.30 local time.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s attack is formidable. The attack bowled well in the first innings, with Cummins taking three wickets in the first innings, Hazlewood, Starc and Lyon two. You get the feeling that Lyon holds the key. <\/p>\n<p>Dan Brettig, who is on the ground in Durban, is around the corner to take you home in the blog. He\u2019ll also deliver his report from day four too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s tea on day four and Australia is in the box seat. Some fireworks from Pat Cummins has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-925493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925493","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=925493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}