Starc, Lyon at it again as Test twists towards classic finish

October 30, 2026 — 1:01am

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Cape Town: Nathan Lyon has seldom celebrated a wicket more vibrantly.

In his last over of the day, Lyon succeeded in teasing South Africa’s captain Temba Bavuma into coming down the wicket and aiming a flick over the leg side.

The ball turned viciously out of the footmarks that had made Lyon fiendishly difficult to face all afternoon, and the clatter of stumps was accompanied by a collective roar from Lyon and his teammates.

As a moment, it was the kind that Shane Warne used to conjure for Australia, and in keeping with the quality of a tantalising, undulating Test match where the tourists overcame an awful first session of the match to keep themselves in front more or less ever since.

At 4-140 and leading by just 40 with six wickets left, the Proteas are up against it in terms of setting a big target, but the Australians will not want to chase any more than about 200 on a surface that is now tinder dry.

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