Brilliant Green rocks Proteas on Boxing Day

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Cameron Green has reaffirmed his accomplishment arsenic cricket's caller superstar aft his archetypal Test lucifer five-wicket haul enactment Australia connected apical of the Boxing Day Test.

Australian skipper Pat Cummins won the flip and enactment South Africa successful to bat for the 2nd Test moving and the determination was vindicated arsenic Green's 5-27 helped the location broadside disregard the Proteas for conscionable 189.

After picking up his archetypal wicket during the opening session, Green's different 4 scalps came successful the abstraction of a fewer overs arsenic South Africa mislaid its past 5 wickets for conscionable 10 runs.

AS IT HAPPENED: Aussies extremity Day 1 connected apical successful Boxing Day Test

South Africa had slumped to 5-67 earlier a spirited concern betwixt all-rounder Marco Jansen (59) and wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne (52) lifted the tourists' hopes.

However, Green broke the promising 112-run basal erstwhile Verreynne was caught successful the slips, earlier removing Jansen a fewer deliveries later.

Green's maiden Test five-wicket haul comes conscionable days aft helium became the astir costly Australian subordinate to beryllium bought astatine an IPL auction, with the Mumbai Indians forking retired much than $3 cardinal for the 23-year-old.

The hasty decorativeness to South Africa's innings saved Australia's blushes aft a singular 4 catches were dropped successful the tract successful what was an uncharacteristically sloppy display.

Having seen their innings crumble, the Proteas wanted aboriginal inroads and removed the in-form Usman Khawaja earlier David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne saw Australia scope 1-45 astatine stumps.

There was immense unit connected Warner heading into the innings, and the seasoned opener came retired swinging, reaching 32 disconnected conscionable 51 balls astatine the extremity of the day's play.

Australia volition unfastened time 2 trailing South Africa by conscionable 144 runs with 9 wickets successful hand.

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