South Africa vs Australia 2018: 3rd Test, day 4, 5 things we learnt

South Africa v Australia - 3rd Test: Day 2
Morne Morkel destroyed Australia on day 4

#1 Steven Smith fishes after Sandpapergate

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1st Test - Australia v South Africa: Day 4
Smith fell to Morkel in
similar
fashion

Steven Smith's turmoils compounded as he was banned from the final Test of the series following the sandpapergate-saga. He also nicked Morne Morkel off to gully in a similar fashion to his first innings dismissal.

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The Australian skipper has had a horrendous tour as captain and with the bat. His woes against left-arm spin were well exposed by Keshav Maharaj and in this Test, Morne Morkel, on his last legs, exposed yet another chink in Smith's armoury.

The no.4 batsman couldn't ride the bounce and nicked to gully on both occasions. His tour has gone downhill and he will not be present when Australia take the field in the next Test to try and level the series.

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