South Africa vs Australia 2018, 2nd Test, day 4: 5 things we learnt from the day

#2 Tim Paine knows a thing or two about batting with the tail

Paine fulfilled his part pretty well

Despite Australia's horror Test, one man will walk back knowing that he did his best to avert the inevitable - Tim Paine. Since making a return to the Test side, Paine has been amongst the least discussed Australian player in spite of his tidy showing behind and in front of the stumps.

He is adept at playing with the tail and has a cool, calm demeanour when it comes to marshalling the lower order. Even as Kagiso Rabada breathed fire, Paine battled out 118 balls across two innings. He was the last man out in the first innings, cleaned up by Ngidi, and remained unbeaten in the second.