After his side were staring at an Edgbaston '05 repeat, Mitchell Starc intervened in an extraordinary solo act…
Mitchell Starc produced an extraordinary late burst with the second new ball, taking the final six wickets to bowl South Africa out for 329 on day one of the Cape Town decider. After Pat Cummins chose to bowl first, the Proteas dominated early through a blazing 158-run opening partnership between Marques Ackerman (95) and Aiden Markram (78).
Australia shifted to short-ball tactics and spin to stem the bleeding, before Starc took the final four wickets in six balls to dismantle South Africa from 1-203. Ryan Rickelton (42), Marco Jansen (52), David Bedingham (50), Gerald Coetzee, and Kagiso Rabada all fell during Starc's decisive spell.
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