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    "excerpt": "The South Africans were still 63 runs behind Australia at the break after they bowled the home side out for 218 midway through the first session.",
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    "editor1": "<p>Mitchell Starc took his 300th Test wicket as Australia reduced South Africa to 3-2 at lunch on the second day of the first Test in Brisbane on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The South Africans were still 63 runs behind Australia at the break after they bowled the home side out for 218 midway through the first session.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>At lunch, Sarel Erwee was not out on one with Temba Bavuma yet to score.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Australian captain Pat Cummins started the second innings rot when he trapped South African captain Dean Elgar lbw for two in just the second over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Starc then reached the 300 wicket milestone when he bowled Rassie van der Dussen for a duck.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mitchell Starc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cricket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cricket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AUSvSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AUSvSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Australia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Australia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MitchellStarc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MitchellStarc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZTa2qL8exr\">pic.twitter.com\/ZTa2qL8exr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CRICKETNMORE (@cricketnmore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cricketnmore\/status\/1604302892663730177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p>Australia began the second morning at 145-5, seven runs behind South Africa&#39;s first innings total of 152, with the first hour crucial for both sides.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kagiso Rabada started the day poorly for the visitors, dishing up a series of half-volleys that Cameron Green happily despatched to the long-on boundary as Australia raced past South Africa&#39;s first innings total.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>After three expensive overs Elgar lost patience and went to the towering Marco Jansen with immediate results.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Jansen had Green caught by first slip Erwee with his first ball, then two balls later Head gloved a ball down the leg side to keeper Kyle Verreynne to fall for a superb 92.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Any hopes South Africa had of keeping the Australian total below 200 vanished with a 31-run partnership between Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FwYLR1xf7FQ\">Roston Chase Picks Up His All-Time XI, Includes 3 Indians<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But once Lungi Ngidi dismissed Starc with a sharp catch off his own bowling, the Australian tail offered little resistance, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon both falling for ducks to Rabada, who finished with 4-76.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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