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

#2 Morne Morkel completes 300 Test wickets

Morkel is the fifth South African to 300 Test wickets

In what is perhaps his penultimate Test match, veteran Proteas seamer, Morne Morkel completed his 300th Test wicket, forcing an outside edge off Shaun Marsh from around the wicket just as he was settling into his Ashes mode.

Morkel is the fifth South African after Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini and Dale Steyn to go past the landmark.

The seamer was in fine rhythm on his comeback to the Test side after being left out at Port Elizabeth, getting rid of Usman Khawaja early on with a well-directed bumper.

He then had the big fish, Steven Smith, edging to gully off a short delivery that lifted off the surface.

Morkel completed his 300th with the scalp of Marsh as he put South Africa ahead on a teeter-totter day of Test cricket.

He added a fourth late in the day to give himself a chance to complete a five-wicket haul on day three.