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Australia Bowled Out for 429, Take 100-Run Lead in Cape Town Decider

Australia Bowled Out for 429, Take 100-Run Lead in Cape Town Decider
Photo: DustyNail / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Josh Inglis at an Australia practice session in 2025

Australia were bowled out for 429 in their first innings of the deciding third Test against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town on Thursday, taking a first-innings lead of exactly 100 runs.

Josh Inglis top-scored with 102 and Alex Carey made 80, the pair sharing a 185-run stand, while Cameron Green made 65 and Matt Renshaw also passed fifty.

Simon Harmer took four wickets for South Africa and Marco Jansen took three, as the hosts wrapped up the innings shortly after lunch on Day 3.

South Africa, who made 329 in their first innings, began their second innings trailing by 100 runs, with the three-match series level at 1-1 and the winners set to take the top spot in the Test rankings.

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