David Bedingham

Stubbs failed in both innings.

Bedingham getting his 40 in this first innings and the second innings.

Just a very strange day all round.

It's Aidan Markram and Vion Mulder who will come out to bat tomorrow morning.

Rickleton failed for the second time in a match.

He made two.

Markram and Bedingham rebuilt.

But when Bedingham went LBW to Hazelwood for 46, it precipitated a quick fall of wickets.

They built on a good start from day two.

Um, Aiden Markram and David Bedingham playing some really, really nice shots, which they put on quite a couple in decent time.

Um, but Aiden Markram eventually fell to a bit of a push off Mitchell Starks and Matty Renshaw wasn't dropping that.

Um, but yeah, Aiden Markram went for a well-made 37.

Um, yeah, Temba Bavuma goes for a reverse sweep off Nathan Lyon, but, uh, Steve Smith takes a absolute screamer at first slip and that gives him the catching record for, uh, fielders in test cricket.

So congratulations Smudge on that was an absolute screamer.

Um, but David Bedingham and Tristan Stubbs stabilized.

Um, eventually David Bedingham pushing out one outside off to Pat Cummins and Steve Smith takes another catch.

How'd he get the second one?

Bedingham and Markram batted together competently-

Mm

... as they did in the first innings f- for, for an hour and a half, but, uh, but then Hazelwood beat Bedingham on the inside.

He had-

It was a beautiful delivery, wasn't it?

Yeah.

He'd, um, he'd, he'd, he'd bowled one to, to Markram that Markram had left going over the top of the stumps, and then he bowled one to Markram that stayed down and at ankle height.

Because, you know, three of them, the last one was a regulation one off, uh, Nortje, but three of them were superb.

Bedingham's flying in front of Matt Renshaw, and then the two that were taken off Nathan Lyon, I don't think too many other first slips would've taken those catches purely because of his sense of anticipation and then also his athleticism.

Because whilst Bavuma didn't really catch the first one properly and it sort of caught him higher on the bat, the shoulder of the bat, and it didn't come off as quickly, K- uh, Kyle Verreynne absolutely nailed his.

And he got it quite wide of Steve Smith purely because he was, uh, reversing it from quite a wide ball from Nathan Lyon.

But yeah, to back over the numbers, Australia have bowled out South Africa for 284, a lead of 106.

Top scoring for South Africa was David Bedingham, who batted beautifully for 49.

He was one of those three slips catches that Smith took.

And then we had important partnerships along the way, but none of them became crucial.

... that's getting one vote.

Getting two votes was the Superman effort, diving across in front of Matt Renshaw's nose.

He didn't need to dive in front of him, but I suppose the, uh, the confidence that Smith has in his ability to get to the contest means that he was happy to go flying both feet off the ground, somehow got both hands to it, and that was the end of David Bedingham on 49.

And that was massive, 'cause Bedingham until about 44 was batting like an absolute dream.

He starts his eighth over.

Bedingham.

Edges! It's taken.

It's Smith again.

You just couldn't imagine Renshaw falling into that trap, and yet two set men did so.

Uh, David Bedingham, who was the best of the batters today, making 49, he was a victim of Steve Smith in the cordon, that one I mentioned before, diving across in front of first slip, but a false strike nevertheless.

Aiden Markram likewise, who looked great until he was out.

He was roughed up by Mitchell Starc and nicked one two balls later.