South Africa leads Australia by 102 at lunch on Day 4
South Africa has crawled to 202-5 to lead Australia by 102 runs at lunch on day four of the series-deciding third cricket test in Cape Town. Ryan Rickelton lost overnight partner Matthew Breetzke to be 39 not out off 83 balls. He had Wiaan Mulder for company on 5. They scored 62 runs in 28 overs in the session. Australia captain Pat Cummins ended his wicket drought by taking the only wicket to fall in the morning. Breetzke played on the leg side and was caught at fine leg on 43 off 121 balls.
Cummins hadn’t taken a wicket since the second innings of the first test in Durban, more than 62 overs since then.
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