Australia vs South Africa, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Starc to du Plessis, no run, blocked into the leg-side with a closing blade

Starc to du Plessis, no run, stabbed side-on with an open blade

Starc to de Kock, 1 run, Voges has dropped de Kock. Because this WACA sun today isn't quite loyal. Beams into Voges's eyes as he sprints across from backward square leg and drops this top-edged pull from de Kock. Had shuffled across well, had de Kock, but couldn't quite cover the bounce there, with the angle across making it difficult. Voges was slow to take off but then seemed to be making up for it, with long strides. Even put in a dive but saw the ball drop in front. Costly miss

Starc to du Plessis, no run, now the length here didn't warrant a front foot stride. Back of a length, so du Plessis could stay back and block with a vertical bat

Starc to du Plessis, no run, goes for the full monty. A yorker length delivery speared at du Plessis's toes. And the batsman is able to choke it back to the bowler

Starc to du Plessis, no run, now this is good. Starc goes wide of the crease, the angle makes du Plessis have a waft at that. Tries to drive but the ball nips away just a touch.. and beats the bat. Lovely angle, average response

Starc to du Plessis, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, du Plessis lifts his bat.. and then some more to let this go. Good bounce

Starc to du Plessis, no run, stays his crease and pushes it away with no feet onto the off-side

Starc to du Plessis, no run, speared in at 144.9kph and into the blockhole. du Plessis jams it dead right close to his willow. Almost buried the ball into the deck with his dead bat

Starc to du Plessis, 2 runs, waist high short delivery and du Plessis pivots on his back foot to pull it away towards the square leg region

Starc to du Plessis, no run, well outside off and well pitched up, need I say more? Left alone

Starc to du Plessis, no run, the magnetic elements well outside off forces Starc to stray there and du Plessis is happy to let that go

Starc to du Plessis, no run, goes back to that over optimitsic widish channel and du Plessis is happy to let that go through

Starc to du Plessis, no run, back of a length delivery and almost tempted du Plessis in to playing at that. In the end bails his bat out of the edge's way

Starc to du Plessis, no run, too wide and too short, not alluring enough to evoke any interest in the mind of du Plessis to play at that

Starc to du Plessis, no run, too full and a bemused looking du Plessis lets it go through as it was too away from his radar to even think of playing at that

Starc to du Plessis, no run, another delivery with good shape into the right-hander, du Plessis is happy to hum the left alone music

Starc to du Plessis, no run, thought of playing at it but then lets it go at the last moment. It did hit a crack and died down to the keeper. All of it happened well outside off though

Starc to du Plessis, no run, dished out full and well outside off, du Plessis is happy to let it pass untouched

Lyon to du Plessis, no run, looks to shimmy and then knock it aay but the ball grazes his front pad on its way to the man behind square

Lyon to du Plessis, no run, treks back a trifle into his crease to push it away on the off-side

Lyon to du Plessis, no run, gets the ball to straighten by landing it outside off and du Plessis is happy to stay his crease and dead bat it

Lyon to Elgar, 1 run, wrists it away on the on-side just past the man at FSL

Hazlewood to du Plessis, no run, looks to bring it much closer to off, but du Plessis is brave enough to let that go

Hazlewood to du Plessis, no run, further wide, no shot offered

Hazlewood to du Plessis, no run, outside off, du Plessis leaves

Mitchell Marsh to du Plessis, no run, back of a length on off-stump, rock-solid defence

Mitchell Marsh to du Plessis, no run, very full, tailed in late, du Plessis toe-ends the drive to mid-off

Mitchell Marsh to du Plessis, no run, fourth, fifth stump channel, du Plessis lets it pass

Mitchell Marsh to du Plessis, no run, length ball on middle and leg, du Plessis turns it to silly mid-on

Hazlewood to du Plessis, no run, jumps inside the crease and plants a back of a length delivery into the pitch

Hazlewood to du Plessis, no run, wide of off, through to the keeper

Siddle to du Plessis, no run, touch fuller on off, du Plessis gets inside the line of the delivery and blocks it back

Siddle to du Plessis, no run, wide of off, can't make Faf play

Siddle to du Plessis, no run, good length, came back in late, du Plessis defends from the crease

Siddle to du Plessis, no run, oh! What.A.Shot. Would have been a boundary had there been no silly mid-on. He timed the pants off it, a straight drive, but Voges hinders its path by stretching his left hand

Siddle to du Plessis, no run, pitched up outside off, flowy drive from the rubber wrists of Faf Plessis, finds mid-off

Siddle to du Plessis, no run, beaten on the drive. Leg-cutter, seams away after pitching, the line tempts Faf to go for the full-blooded stroke. Follows his natural instincts but is defeated by the late away movement and the lack of pace

Siddle to du Plessis, no run, he persists with the same line and length, du Plessis kills it into the pitch

Siddle to du Plessis, no run, that's a well-judged leave! Teasingly close to off-stump. Swerved in and straightened late, du Plessis left it on length though

Siddle to du Plessis, no run, angled in around off, du Plessis shows the straightest of bats in defence

Siddle to Elgar, 1 run, very full on off, Elgar closes the bat face on the drive, cue ends it wide of mid-on and scampers across

Mitchell Marsh to Elgar, 1 run, fuller and wider, Elgar gets low to drive it past a sliding short cover. First runs after tea

Siddle to du Plessis, no run, fullish at off-stump, Faf is forward and solid behind this

Siddle to du Plessis, no run, crikey! And there's action straightaway...Length delivery tails away off the seam appreciably. du Plessis has a ugly poke with no feet, beaten on the edge. Welcome to the crease skippah