Third Test live updates: Cummins’ stubborn stand ends as Proteas smell victory

Simon Harmer has taken the off-stump of Josh Hazlewood and South Africa win by 176 runs.

“A brilliant performance by the South African Test team,” Graeme Smith said on SuperSport.

Simon Harmer finishes with six wickets for the innings and 10 in the match. What a performance by him. 6-15 finishes as his best career figures.

The post-mortem won’t be good for Australia.

Pat Cummins has been given out lbw and he reviews straight away.

It’s pitched in line, impacted in line and wickets hitting is umpire’s call.

He’s gone, Simon Harmer has a five-wicket haul and Australia is 9-107.

Cummins goes for 11 off 90 balls. He gave it his all.

Simon Katich says there was “absolutely no reason” for the Australians to bowl first at the toss.

That decision will come under big scrutiny for Pat Cummins after a horror final day.

You could argue this didn’t come down to the pitch though, just dumb batting really.

And he put the focus on Alex Carey with that point.

“He obviously didn’t watch Ryan Rickelton bat at all yesterday because he did the complete opposite and paid the price ... it was low percentage,” he said.

It’s taken 41 balls but Pat Cummins is off the mark.

He eased a ball down to square leg off Gerald Coetzee and gets some ironic cheers from the crowd.

Then the next ball, Nathan Lyon hits one through mid-wicket for a single but they don’t take it.

Strange.

Cameron Green is gone!

He tried to dance down the wicket but was bamboozled by the spin and bowled through the gate.

He goes for 27 off 110 balls.

“That’s perfect, literally, you won’t bowl a better off break than that,” caller Mark Nicholas said on SuperSport.

Game. Over.

Nicholas notes Australia has not been bowled out for under 100 in two consecutive Tests in 90 years.

Simon Harmer causing havoc here.

Pat Cummins hasn’t played a shot and been hit on the pads.

South Africa appeals but it’s given not out.

Temba Bavuma reviews but it’s going nowhere near hitting the stumps. Cummins survives.

Right now Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood have the pads on ready to go out next.

Do we reckon there’s much chat between them and the batters right now?

Cricket’s back after lunch too, by the way.

David Warner has gone from the top rope at lunch.

“I’m just upset, it’s terrible, it’s un Australian, there’s no fight whatsoever, it’s disgraceful ... it’s on the line and this is the way they’re playing, it’s deplorable,” he said on Fox Cricket.

“The batters have let the bowlers down all series, yes Renshaw showed fight in the first Test but I think the batters have been disgraceful.

“I don’t know what headspace they’re in at the moment. Is there a wine tour this afternoon? I have no idea.”

Mark Waugh was equally as disappointed with what he saw.

“You’ve just got to throw the ball down the other end at the moment. That was a terrible two hours of batting, that was immature,” he said.

Kerry O’Keeffe added the attitude from the Australians in the morning suggested this was never going to end well.

“It was mindless, the tactics, shot selection and turning down of singles,” he said.

“There was a sense of doom today ... the way they walked to the crease, everything was negative.”

Mitchell Starc looks like he might be out caught at bat pad!

The South Africans are convinced but there’s going to be a check for a bump ball.

Well the replay shows there was definitely no bump ball. He’s hit the ball straight into his pad off the inside edge and Starc is gone for a 25-ball duck.

The score is now 7-60.

Lunch has been called too.

The fans might get their wish with Stormers vs Ulster starting this afternoon.