The first Test in Brisbane resumes on Sunday with Travis Head hunting a special century, and Australia dominating South Africa.
Australia will resume batting at 11.20am (AEDT) at 5-145 — trailing by seven runs — with Head on 78 off 77 balls and Cameron Green on zero.
Fifteen wickets were taken on day one, including two in the final 10 minutes of play at Steve Smith was bowled by Anrich Nortje, and nightwatchman Scott Boland didn’t survive until stumps.
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But Head remains unbeaten and continues to build towards a special summer, having already made scores of 99, 175 and 38* against the West Indies.
Should Head reach three figures, it will be his sixth Test century, and his third in his most recent 13 Test innings at home.
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Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
South Africa XI: Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi
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