Record-breaking Renshaw puts Australia on top in Durban

Record-breaking Renshaw puts Australia on top in Durban

Matt Renshaw ‌struck a career-best 190 to guide Australia to 390 all out on day two of the ​first test against South Africa at Kingsmead on Saturday, as the home side reached 27-1 in reply before play was ​ended prematurely by bad light.The touring side had been in a precarious position at 124-6 on ​the opening day but Renshaw led ‌a fightback before bad light stopped play on Friday and continued his ​form into the second morning, reaching his second Test ton almost a decade after his first against Pakistan ​in Sydney in 2017. The 30-year-old brought up ⁠his century off 204 balls ⁠with his 10th four and was 102 not out at lunch, alongside Nathan ‌Lyon on seven. Scorecard: Australia vs South Africa after day two'Sandpapergate' adds to intrigue of South Africa vs AustraliaGet the latest Sky Sports deals or stream with no contract Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Twitter cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. To view this content you can use the button below to allow Twitter cookies for this session only. Renshaw, who was expected to open the batting but surprisingly dropped down the order to No 5, was 46 not out overnight and moved to his half-century with a boundary off the second ball of the day.Renshaw shared an 86-run partnership with captain Pat ⁠Cummins, before the skipper got a thick ​edge to Wiaan Mulder and was ​caught at second slip by Aiden Markram for ​43. Mulder bowled Mitchell Starc for six but by then ⁠Australia had added a healthy 43 runs to their overnight total of 187-6 as the pitch looked to ⁠have lost the bounce and movement ​of the first day. Mulder was the pick of ​the home bowlers with figures of 4-51 off 22 overs and could complete his ‌first Test five-wicket ​haul after lunch.Watch day three of first Test live on Sky Sports from 8am Sunday (first ball 8.30am) Get the latest Sky Sports deals or stream with no contract

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