Khawaja steadies Australia with half-century

Tea Australia 2 for 109 (Khawaja 58*, Smith 23*) trail South Africa 9 for 259 dec by 150 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Kyle Abbott made two breakthroughs early on the second day in Adelaide before Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith steadied Australia’s innings with a half-century partnership. At the tea break, Australia had moved from their overnight score of 0 for 14 along to 2 for 109, with Khawaja on 58 and Smith on 23, and they still trailed South Africa by 150 runs.

As was the case in South Africa’s innings, the early wickets came from edges snapped up behind the wicket. Debutant Matt Renshaw added only two runs to his overnight score before he edged Abbott and was caught low …

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