South Africa vs Australia 2018: 1st Test, day 3 - 5 things we learnt from the day

#3 Shaun Marsh’s saving act

The elder Marsh played the role of an anchor to perfection

After his brother saved Australia the blues in the first innings, elder brother Shaun Marsh came to the party in the second. Coming in to bat with the score card reading 108 for three, he combined first with Smith and then with Tim Paine to help himself to a well fought 33 in 99 deliveries. Though he did not score a fifty, when viewed in the context of the innings, his knock was a crucial one indeed.

Not only was he the anchor when Smith fell, with the score reading 146, he comfortably negated the threat of the most dangerous bowling line-up. He fell for 33 in a knock that had five fours.