BENONI: Australian pace bowlers produced an impressive display against South Africa ‘A’ on the first day one of the three-day tour match here at Willowmoore Park on Thursday.

Pat Cummins led the way with four wickets while Josh Hazlewood claimed three, Mitchell Marsh two and Mitchell Starc one as South Africa ‘A’, after electing to bat first, were bowled out for 220 inside 59 overs.

Australia lost three wickets in the fading light to reach 87-3 at stumps with Cameron Bancroft unbeaten on 24 and Shaun Marsh not out on 10.

Summarised scores:

SOUTH AFRICA ‘A’ 220 in 58.5 overs (Theunis de Bruyn 46, Zubayr Hamza 44, Senuran Muthusamy 36; Pat Cummins 4-32, Josh Hazlewood 3-40, Mitchell Marsh 2-50); AUSTRALIA 87-3 in 26 overs (Cameron Bancroft 24 not out, Steve Smith 23, Usman Khawaja 22; Duanne Olivier 2-23).

Published in Dawn, February 23rd, 2018