Twitter Reactions: Morne Morkel and Rabada keep South Africa ahead

The second day of the ongoing third Test match between South Africa and Australia continued to amaze the cricket fans. The hosts bowled brilliantly throughout the day to keep the lid on Australian batsmen as they failed following yet another Steve Smith failure. Though it was a stunning innings from Nathan Lyon which kept them in the game who scored 47 off just 38 deliveries. However, Twitterati hailed South Africa for bowling well and especially Morkel who reached a milestone of 300 Test wickets.

Earlier in the morning, the home side added some vital runs even as their tail wagged along with the ever so solid Dean Elgar who carried his bat by remaining unbeaten on 141 with 20 fours to his name. South Africa posted 311 runs in their first innings Pat Cummins ended with the figures of 4/78. He was supported well by Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon who picked a couple of wickets each.

SA bowlers breathe fire

Australia came out with blazing guns as David Warner took the attack to Kagiso Rabada and smashed him all over the park. But the youngster came back superbly to castle him which triggered a collapse for the visitors. Wickets kept on tumbling as Smith’s poor runs in this series continued. Though Cameron Bancroft played a valuable knock of 77 and kept his team in the hunt. But the other batsmen faltered big time only for Tim Paine and Nathan Lyon to resurrect the innings.

The duo got together with their team in tatters at 175/8 and Lyon played his shots fearlessly which caught South Africa off guard. They added 66 runs for the ninth wicket and crashed the hopes of South Africa to bag a huge and decisive lead in the first innings. Though Lyon fell in the dying stages of the day, Paine managed to stay until the end with Josh Hazlewood as the visitors finished the day on 245/9.

Twitterati was thrilled to watch the game during the course of the play and hailed both the teams for the same.

Here’s how they reacted:

The trajectory of David Warner's off stump in slow motion is one of the most beautiful, hypnotic things I have ever seen in my life. #SAvAUS pic.twitter.com/vnOy3Tjlo0

— Tony Webeck (@TonyWebeck) March 23, 2018

My kind of people. #SAvAUS pic.twitter.com/p7z2Zgxu6P

— Ben Karpinski (@followthebounce) March 23, 2018

And Steve Smith is out for the 100 th time in Test Cricket. After 100 dismissals, averages 61.92 despite struggling in this series. Such an exciting test series this is.#SAvAUS

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 23, 2018

Dean Elgar has carried the bat in an inns for the 3rd time in Tests, which equals Desmond Haynes who had also done it 3 times. #SAvAus

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 23, 2018

Perfectly explained by @ShaneWarne…. Australia are hanging in there, first with ball yesterday and today with bat… SA ahead but only just… They lead by 66 runs in the 1st innings #SAvAUS

— criKvoice (@crikvoice) March 23, 2018

"everyone wants to play cricket, the umpires don't"#SAvAUS

— Nikhil Mane ??? (@nikhiltait) March 23, 2018

#SAvAUS pic.twitter.com/GKd2saD94J

— . (@SihleTweets) March 23, 2018

NM Lyon's 47 is the highest Test score by a No 10 at Newlands beating PM Pollock's 41 for South Africa v Australia on 3 January 1967#SAvAus

— Arthur_S (@allanholloway) March 23, 2018

I'd watch Test Cricket over any t20 league match, any day of the week. #ICC #SAvAUS

— Bilal (@ImBilal_) March 23, 2018

South Africa could have easily killed the game, but they didn't and you give Australia a sniff at your own peril. The next two innings should be fun. #SAvAUS

— Abhishek (@Sajjanlaunda) March 23, 2018

So tomorrow is going to be an interesting day of cricket.. #SAvAUS

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) March 23, 2018

David Warner's off stump will receive 1 demerit point and be fined 50% of its match fee for the OTT cartwheel celebration after Warner was bowled #SAvsAUS

— Michael Dibben (@Dibsmichael) March 23, 2018

.. Tha Proteas bowling to tha top order vs bowling to tha tail ..#SAvsAUS #sscricket pic.twitter.com/3whzX3SQx1

— .. Hosh Tokolosh .. (@Tha_Real_Sebata) March 23, 2018

We were leading by 138 runs
Now we down to 66!

With the last two wickets?!!

Hay no, this is worrying.#SAvsAUS

— iFani (@iFani_Haymani) March 23, 2018