South Africa vs Australia 2018: 3rd Test, day 2, 5 things we learnt from the day

#3 Steven Smith's off day at the office

Smith's disastrous series continues

It's not often that Smith has a poor Test, forget a poor series. But so far in the ongoing South African tour the Australian skipper has been as benign as the milk snake.

If it was Keshav Maharaj and Dean Elgar (yeah he has a few troubled against left-arm spin) in the first Test that caused Smith troubles, his downfall at Cape Town was brought about by himself.

Rabada had troubled him right through the first few overs at the crease and the slip cordon even had a few words for the Aussie skipper.

Perhaps it was a lapse in concentration or the fact that it was Morne Morkel that forced Smith to chase a widish short ball.

The slight seam movement away caught the edge and Elgar snapped up Smith at gully.