43rd over: South Africa 109-4 (Markram 46, Mulder 10)
Renshaw is nudged for a cautious single, but Starc gets clipped for four off the very first ball of the day! This feels surreal. There’s also a wide delivery, straying to the off side. Throughout this Test, Starc has let loose some wayward deliveries—a flaw from earlier in his career that he had largely corrected with technical tweaks in recent years. It’s unclear what has gone awry over the past few days.
42nd over: South Africa 105-4 (Markram 46, Mulder 6)
And it’s a decent opening over as well. So Renshaw is set to bowl spin before Nathan Lyon this morning? That’s an unexpected move. Mulder sees it through, cautiously driving the final ball for a single.