{ "id": "35629", "author": "1", "cnmid": "0", "title": "1st Test: Australia One Wicket Away From Victory", "lang": "en", "series": "343", "cup_year": "2018", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "March 5 (CRICKETNMORE) - Australia need just one wicket to register victory in the first test. South Africa were hanging on at 293 for nine, still 124 runs short of a target of 417, when bad light stopped play on", "subtype": "", "editor1": "

March 5 (CRICKETNMORE) - Australia need just one wicket to register victory in the first test. South Africa were hanging on at 293 for nine, still 124 runs short of a target of 417, when bad light stopped play on 4th day of the first test at Durban. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Earlier, Proteas’ opener Aiden Markram struck a magnificent century on Sunday, his third test century and by far his most prestigious.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief Scores<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Australia 351 and 227 (Cameron Bancroft 53; Keshav Maharaj 4\/102) lead South Africa 162 and 293\/9 (Aiden Markram 143, Quinton de Kock 81*; Mitchell Starc 4\/74) by 124 runs<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\nSTUMPS, DAY 4: AUS need just 1 more wicket to win this match. SA 293\/9, Starc 4\/74, De Kock 81*, Morkel 0*, Markram 143. What a day of cricket! We're back at Kingsmead at 10am sharp. #SAvAUS<\/a> #ProteaFire<\/a> #SunfoilTest<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/yabrc8bH1r<\/a><\/p>\r\n— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) March 4, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n