Hazlewood to Rickelton, no run, full outside off, angling away, left alone
Josh Hazlewood, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6
Mitchell Starc to Rickelton, 1 run, short of length on off, Rickelton goes on the back foot and defends with soft hands and it's an easy single to the cover region
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Mitchell Starc to Rickelton, no run, full and down leg, poor delivery, Rickelton flicks and misses
0.4
Mitchell Starc to Rickelton, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket
0.3
Mitchell Starc to Rickelton, no run, fullish just outside off, Rickelton gets forward to defend solidly to mid-off, came off the middle of the bat
0.2
Mitchell Starc to Rickelton, no run, short of length on off, Rickelton gets right behind the line to defend
0.1
Mitchell Starc to Markram, 1 run, to short cover
Markram and Rickelton are at the crease. Markram is on strike. Mitchell Starc will open the attack
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Only two pairs have three 50-plus stands for the 10th wicket in Test cricket history: Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc for Australia and BJ Watling and Trent Boult for New Zealand.
Only two successful chases of 280-plus at Lord's till date: 342 by West Indies in 1984 and 282 by ENG vs NZ in 2004. The first was a nine-wicket win led by Gordon Greenidge's 214*, the only wicket of the innings coming via a runout. The second was a seven-wicket win for the hosts, led by Nasser Hussain's 103* in his farewell Test.
South Africa have successfully chased down 250-plus five times in Tests till date, three of them coming against Australia, the last of which was 414 at the WACA, Perth in 2008.
200-plus totals after being 7 down for < 75 in Tests 53/7 to 255 - PAK vs ENG, The Oval, 1967 67/7 to 200 - ENG vs WI, Queen’s Park (Grenada), 2022 73/7 to 207 - AUS vs SA, Lord’s, 2025
This is the seventh time that Australia have gone past 150 after losing first seven wickets for less than 75 in a Test innings, the first in the 21st century. It is the second such instance against South Africa, and the fifth in Test matches in England.
Most Test wickets for SA vs AUS 70 - Dale Steyn (SR: 46.2) 64 - Hugh Tayfield (SR: 94.1) 58 - Kagiso Rabada (SR: 37.2) 58 - Morne Morkel (SR: 57.1) 58 - Makhaya Ntini (SR: 59.2)
Highest partnerships by visiting 10th wicket pairs at Lord’s 69 - Harry Boyle, Tup Scott (AUS) vs ENG, 1884 69 - Dennis Lillee, Ashley Mallett (AUS) vs ENG, 1975 64 - Graeme Labrooy, Ravi Ratnayeke (SL) vs ENG, 1988 63 - Ajit Agarkar, Ashish Nehra (IND) vs ENG, 2002 59 - Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc (AUS) vs SA, 2025
Kagiso Rabada: First of all, the ball got a lot softer, 50-60-over-old ball, the sun is out. Yesterday, there was a bit of cloud cover. Hopefully the sun stays off for us during the chase. (Key to chase down the target) The first thing is partnerships and just to be positive, positive intent and looking to go out there and chase the score. No two ways about it. (On his bowling performance) It'll be great if we could win. Lord's is a special place, I have enjoyed playing here and bowling here as well. Would have been nice to get the 10-fer but rather win than a 10-fer.
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