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

Rabada to Smith, no run, a wasted one now. Down leg. Trying a tad too much at the moment is Rabada, well down Smith's attempted flick

Rabada to Khawaja, 1 run, sliding onto the hips with the sharp cut inwards, tucked away angled batted behind square

Maharaj to Smith, no run, looks to play for the turn going away from him with a prod forward, manages just the inside edge that fortunately for him doesn't sneak through

Maharaj to Smith, no run, leans forward and drives it to short cover

Maharaj to Khawaja, 1 run, forward again on a stroll, milks it down to long-on

Rabada to Smith, no run, on the shorter side yet again but gets it closer to the sticks, makes Smith stand tall and straight bat it

Rabada to Smith, no run, on a back of a length well outside off, doesn't quite look all that far especially with Smith shuffling across, leaves it alone this time

Rabada to Smith, no run, good length just outside off, Smith punchily blocks to cover

Rabada to Smith, no run, shortish, outside off, Smith punches on the up to the right of Bavuma at cover, a diving stop from a terrific fielder

Rabada to Khawaja, 1 run, darts it closer to the stumps, hint of reverse. The ball decked in around off, Khawaja merely taps towards cover and sets off

Maharaj to Smith, 2 runs, to third man

Maharaj to Smith, no run, short on off, Smith stays leg-side of the delivery and punches to cover

Maharaj to Smith, no run, tossed up on the stumps, Smith blocks off the front foot

Rabada to Smith, no run, and where did this come from? Dangerous signs for Australia. A back of a length delivery, keeps rising and beats Smith's attempted slash outside off. It beat the top-edge by some distance. Exploded off the pitch

Rabada to Smith, no run, just outside off, Smith gets in line withe the delivery and bunts it down

Rabada to Smith, no run, further wide, left. Maybe Rabada is planning to set Smith up here, bowling 4 wide balls and then bringing it closer to the stumps. Perhaps looking for the strangle down leg?

Rabada to Smith, no run, he shuffles outside off and sees no harm in this delivery, just lets it pass

Rabada to Smith, no run, short and wide, Smith rises with the bounce and mistimes the on-the-rise punch to cover

Stephen Cook to Smith, no run, attacks the stumps, Smith turns it to square leg

Stephen Cook to Khawaja, 1 run, hits the crack and skids on at a much quicker pace towards the pads, since the pace is slow Khawaja makes a late adjustment to get inside the line and flick it behind square. A much quicker bowler would have had him plumb in front

Maharaj to Smith, no run, keeps sliding with the arm, down leg, a wasted delivery

Maharaj to Smith, no run, drifting into the pads once more, Smith flick goes straight to short mid-wicket

Maharaj to Smith, no run, compact defence off the front foot

Duminy to Smith, no run, doesn't shuffle much, just drills a flat delivery from off-stump line to mid-on

Duminy to Smith, no run, bat-pad tucked together in defence

Duminy to Smith, no run, slows down after pitching, Smith kills it into the pitch

Duminy to Smith, no run, clipped off the pads, not past backward square

Duminy to Smith, no run, shortish outside off, left alone to the keeper

Duminy to Khawaja, 1 run, Khawaja is not afraid to use his feet against the spinners, gets too close to the pitch of a tossed up delivery, ends up stroking the drive off the toe-end into the off-side

Duminy to Smith, no run, full, driven back to the bowler

Duminy to Smith, no run, flicked to short mid-wicket

Maharaj to Smith, no run, tucked off the pads to backward square. Things are getting a bit chirpy here, Smithy too isn't backing out

Maharaj to Smith, no run, full, driven back to the bowler

Maharaj to Smith, no run, forward and defended

Maharaj to Smith, no run, turn and bounce! That landed one of those cracks and had Smith tangled, tweaks a long away as Smith feels for the ball on off-stump. So close to taking the edge

Maharaj to Smith, no run, quicker on middle, Smith defends hurriedly off the front foot

Duminy to Smith, no run, shortish and outside off, Smith flat-bats the drive into the off-side

Philander to Smith, no run, "wait on" is the shout from Smith after he shuffles across and nudges a length ball to leg

Philander to Smith, no run, good length around the fourth-stump line, Smith shuffles across and then defends off the full face of the bat

Philander to Smith, no run

Philander to Smith, no run, pitched up outside off, Smith presses it towards mid-off

Philander to Smith, no run, this is four leaves in a row. Full and outside off, Smith lets it go and the ball swings after passing him

Philander to Smith, no run, fullish and outside off, moving away, left alone

Philander to Smith, no run, similar to the last one

Philander to Smith, no run, good length outside off, Smith shoulders arms

Philander to Smith, no run, woof! That rose from a back of a length and Smith did well to counter that. His bottom hand jerked a little as he dropped it down with soft hands

Maharaj to Smith, no run, bat in front of the pad and defends

Maharaj to Smith, no run, was there bat on that? Looked like it. Elgar at silly point was initially turning away, looking to take evasive action and that cost him. By the time he put his hand to catch, the ball hit the palm and went down. Smith came down the track and bat-padded it. Definite bat and a chance gone down. Difficult but should have been taken. Umpire's call on LBW had South Africa reviewed that. They were instead busy oohing and aahing about the missed bat-pad catch. Replays in and interesting note that Amla was appealing for the lbw. Did Llong even consider that? Clipping the top of leg for those who want to know where it was going as far as LBW is concerned. But Smith was 3.3 metres down the pitch, so even if he was given out, it would've been overturned on review. There you go then...

Maharaj to Smith, no run, tossed up on middle and leg, defended with bat in front of the pad

Maharaj to Smith, 2 runs, tucked off the back foot through mid-wicket, easy two

Philander to Khawaja, 1 run, stays beside the line of the ball and defends to the right of Bavuma at cover-point, he went towards the ball and that confused the backward point fielder, he was assuming that Bavuma will get there, eventually the confusion results in the ball slipping away from both

Maharaj to Smith, no run, tossed up on off, this time he defends from the crease to silly point

Maharaj to Smith, no run, gets forward and pushes it to mid-on, wants a quick single, but it is not there. The fielders are advancing towards the ball very quickly

Maharaj to Smith, no run, uses his feet, the length is shortened, so Smith has to defend and does so

Maharaj to Smith, no run

Maharaj to Smith, no run, tucked to Temba's left at short leg, deflects off his hand to mid-wicket

Maharaj to Smith, no run, on middle, Smith gets the bat in front of the pad, defends

Maharaj to Khawaja, 1 run, flighted outside off, pushed off the front foot wide of mid-off. Turns the strike over

Rabada to Smith, no run, fullish and brings the ball back in, Smith deep in his crease, defends with a full face of the bat

Rabada to Smith, no run, way outside off, Smith lets it go

Rabada to Smith, no run, fullish around the fourth stump line, Smith with a shuffle, defends with the full face of the bat

Rabada to Smith, no run, pitched up outside off, left alone