Shane Watson took five wickets in 20 balls to send South Africa crashing to 96 all out on the second day of the first Test against Australia at Newlands yesterday.
The Australian all-rounder enabled his side to take a 188-run first innings lead with a devastating spell in which he took five wickets for 17 runs.
South Africa struck back, reducing Australia to 13-3 at tea after an extraordinary session in which 12 wickets fell for 60 runs in 18.1 overs.
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South Africa were 49-1 at lunch in reply to Australia’s 284, but they lost nine wickets for 45 runs in 11.3 overs after the interval.
Australia captain Michael Clarke took his first-innings score to 151 before he was last man out in a frustrating morning for South Africa in which Australia reached 284 after starting the day precariously placed on 214-8.
Tailender Peter Siddle made 20 and supported Clarke in a ninth-wicket stand of 59, the second best of the innings, as the last two wickets added 70 runs.
Watson struck with the second ball after lunch when Australia successfully called for a review after umpire Ian Gould gave Hashim Amla not out after he was struck on the pad. Replays showed the ball would have hit the top of leg-stump.
Four balls later, Jacques Kallis was out for a duck, again after a review, caught at second slip when replays showed he had got a faint edge to an attempted pull which looped off his shoulder to Ricky Ponting.
Watson made another double strike, bowling Graeme Smith for 37 off an inside-edge and trapping Ashwell Prince leg before wicket with a full, straight ball, before A.B. de Villiers became the third batsman out to a reviewed decision, leg before wicket to Ryan Harris after being given not out by umpire Billy Doctrove.
Mark Boucher was Watson’s fifth victim. Watson fell to the third ball of Australia’s second innings, leg before to Steyn. Ironically, if he had called for a review he would have survived because replays showed the ball would have gone over the top of the stumps.
Ponting was leg before to Vernon Philander and Phil Hughes was caught at third slip off Morkel.
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