Australia might have a depleted bowling attack for South Africa's second innings, boosting the tourists' hopes of a long-overdue batting fightback even as one of their own bowlers escapes injury after a freak accident with a camera.
Nevertheless, Australia will resume on Wednesday full of confidence at 3-386 as they close in on their first home Test series win over South Africa in 17 years.
Spidercam was not used for the rest of the day and its operators spoke to the South Africans, with the incident blamed on human error."I didn't know what hit me. The one thing we've spoken about earlier is how low it is," Nortje said.After starring with 200 in his 100th Test, Australia opener David Warner had to retire because he was so affected by the conditions.
Mitchell Starc is managing a finger injury, and it's unclear how much he will be able to bowl in South Africa's second innings.
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