When Mitchell Starc, who wreaked havoc with the ball, showed amazing the bat, Australia strengthened their grip in the first Test match against South Africa. With the help of Stark’s critical 58 runs, Australia scored 327 runs in their first innings, giving South Africa a challenging target of 282 runs to win.
On the second day of the match, when Australia’s team was struggling for 239 for 8 wickets, Mitchell Starc came to the crease. He played an important partnership with Captain Pat Cummins. Stark scored the 14th half -century of his Test career and harassed the bowlers of South Africa with his innings. The partnership played an important role in bringing Australia to cross 300 runs.
Earlier, Travis Head had laid a strong foundation for Australia by playing a 92 -run innings of 92 runs. However, South African fast bowlers, especially Enark Northern and Marco Yansen, scattered the middle order while bowling brilliantly. But in the end Stark’s combative innings turned the match towards Australia.
South Africa, who chased a target of 282 runs, did not have a good start. Captain Pat Cummins sent opener Dean Elgar to the pavilion soon. On the second day, South Africa had scored 4 runs losing one wicket till lunch and now they are under heavy pressure to achieve this difficult target.
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