13:21 Local Time, 12:21 GMT, 17:51 IST: Cummins gets ready to go. He is at the top of his mark. Here we go...
13:18 Local Time, 12:18 GMT, 17:48 IST: The sun is out. The players are walking out to the middle. We should have play soon.
13:17 Local Time, 12:17 GMT, 17:47 IST:Telford pings us this: "Two more covers coming on, now. And the scoreboard says "Rain stops play". Not sure I believe that."
13:12 Local Time, 12:12 GMT, 17:42 IST:Telford with this update: The cover was lurking just short of the pitch, but it's now being moved into place on the pitch. Still no evidence of actual rain, however.
As the players take lunch, here's an update from Telford Vice: 'It isn't raining, but a hover cover is being brought onto the field'.
David Bedingham in FC cricket In England: 58 matches, 4463 runs at 57.21, 16 hundreds Other countries: 57 matches, 3924 runs at 44.59, nine hundreds *including ongoing innings
Bedingham was the second highest run-scorer in County Championship 2024, aggregating 1331 runs at 78.29, his six hundreds being the most for anyone in the competition.
12:34 Local Time, 11:34 GMT, 17:04 IST -- Lunch, Day 2: A much better passage for South Africa and they have nicked it in terms of sessions won. The very evident part in that two-hour period was the intent South Africa came out with and something they lacked last evening. Skipper Bavuma set the tone early on by not scoring a flurry of boundaries or anything, but by his sheer body language and will to keep the scoreboard ticking.
48.6
Webster to Bedingham, FOUR, to deep extra cover
48.5
Webster to Bedingham, no run
48.4
Webster to Bedingham, FOUR, to long-on
48.3
Webster to Bedingham, no run, what is happening here? Did Australia just appeal for handling the ball?
48.2
Webster to Bedingham, 2 runs, hip-lined delivery,
48.1
Webster to Bedingham, no run, good length ball around off, Bedingham defends with soft hands towards gully
Carey has come up to the stumps
47.6
Hazlewood to Verreynne, no run
47.5
Hazlewood to Verreynne, no run, on a length and close to off, Verreynne plays it late and right under his eyes
47.4
Hazlewood to Verreynne, 2 runs, back of a length delivery angling in, Verreynne flicks it wide of mid-on and Cummins fumbles, concedes an extra run
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