AB, Duminy lead SA fightback
PORT ELIZABETH: JP Duminy, AB de Villiers, Wayne Parnell and Vernon Philander put South Africa on top as they reduced Australia to 112 for four on the second day of the second Test at St George’s Park on Friday.
All-rounder Parnell, playing his first test in four years, and paceman Philander grabbed two wickets apiece after South Africa had amassed 423 in their first innings thanks to centuries from Duminy and De Villiers.
It might have been even worse for the tourists as wicketkeeper De Villiers dropped David Warner on 43. The left-handed opener was still there on 65 at the close of play with Nathan Lyon 12 not out.
Nightwatchman Lyon was also dropped by Duminy in the gully and received another let-off when South Africa failed to go to the television review after the umpire gave him not out when he edged a rising ball down the leg side straight to De Villiers.
Earlier, Duminy answered his critics with 123 while De Villiers struck 116. Duminy, who averaged 11 in his previous seven innings, brought up his third hundred off 199 balls before becoming Lyon’s fifth victim, trapped leg before. De Villiers, who on Thursday passed 7,000 Test runs and became the first player to score fifties in 12 tests in a row, reached his 19th century off 201 balls.
Brief scores SA (o/n 214/5) 423 (de Villiers 116, Duminy 123; Lyon 5/130), Aus 112/4 (Warner 65*)