Neil Manthorp reports on a day that was dominated by Australia’s fightback and acrimony felt by Steve Smith

Neil Manthorp

Pat Cummins singlehandedly bowled Australia back into the third Test against South Africa with a superb spell of fast bowling on a well-paced but flat Newlands pitch yesterday after the hosts had won the toss and reached an ominous 220-2 half an hour after tea before crashing to 266-8 by the close.
Having bowled two wicketless spells at a cost of 47, a change of ends for Cummins saw him grab 4-17 starting with the priceless wicket of AB de Villiers (64) who drov...