Abbott, Shamsi restrict Australia to 167

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Australia 167 (Wade 52, Marsh 50, Abbott 4-40, Shamsi 3-36) v South AfricaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Australian hand-wringing about taking an under-strength bowling attack to South Africa was placed in sharp perspective on a breezy morning in Port Elizabeth. Facing a South African side resting three first-choice bowlers in a dead rubber, Steven Smith’s men were shot out for a mere 167.

Kyle Abbott and Tabraiz Shamsi were the chief tormentors of the tourists, the former finding exactly the right length to best use the early movement on offer, the latter re-opening the sorts of wounds inflicted by Sri Lanka’s spinners on Australia’s previous tour with a clever spell of left-arm wrist …

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