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

#1 Nathan Lyon plays a blinder from No.10

Lyon made up for his poor day one with a superb knock with the bat

With Australia staring down the barrel after Morkel and Rabada ran havoc through their batting line-up, the visitors found an unlikely hero in Nathan Lyon with the bat.

The No.10, batting with the panache of a top order player, hurt South African bowler's ego with a scything counter-attack.

Lyon played some fabulous, text-book shots to get Australia out of the rut in the company of Tim Paine.

He raced his way to 47 in 38 balls with eight boundaries as Australia saved themselves from being bowled out conceding a huge lead. He was the ninth man out, gifting Morkel his fourth wicket in the innings.