Third Test live updates: ‘Disastrous’ run out puts Aussie in turmoil during horror session

Josh Inglis has been run out!

This is panic stations. Cameron Green defended the ball just past silly mid-off and he eventually set off.

Inglis didn’t hesitate and was caught well short of his ground. He’s gone for 4 with Marques Ackerman claiming the run out.

“South Africa have the foot on the throat ... that is disastrous,” caller Mark Howard said on SuperSport.

Graeme Smith added: “A big loss, unnecessary loss.”

Alex Carey comes in and it’s 4-40.

Marco Jansen appeals for lbw off Cameron Green and gets a not out.

There’s a question over whether it was hit first but the South Africans believe it was pad twice.

Ultra edge shows Green inside edged it and he stays.

Mark Waugh not holding back on Travis Head during the drinks break.

“That’s a poor shot from Travis Head ... you’ve got to be better than that,” he said on Fox Cricket.

David Warner agreed.

“Yes, that’s the way you played but that’s just inexcusable. You’ve got to apply yourself as well, that was a poor shot. He was worked ever, it was an exceptional spell there,” he said.

It took 11 overs before Simon Harmer was introduced.

There was early encouragement for him too with Josh Inglis playing and missing a reverse sweep that spun past leg stump.

Kagiso Rabada now has 350 Test wickets with Travis Head gone!

He pushed too hard at a drive and edged to Marco Jansen in the slips.

Australia is now 3-22 and needs more than a Josh Inglis century today.

Well that’s it for Marnus, no doubt.

He’s tried to leave a Rabada delivery and it’s hit him on the pads.

He was given out and reviewed.

Ball tracking says umpire’s call for stumps hitting and he’s gone.

“You have to wonder if that’s the last time you see Marnus in an Australian shirt,” Graeme Smith said on SuperSport.

This is a horrible start for Australia!

Matt Renshaw has been strangled down the legside with a little tickle from the edge and Ryan Rickelton takes a good catch.

Renshaw goes for a golden duck and now Marnus Labuschagne is in. If there was ever a time for Marnus to step up, it’s now.

The stats are against an Aussie victory in Cape Town, but the Aussies do have something going for them on day five.

History.

Victory would be the highest successful fourth-innings run chase by the Aussies in 15 years. It would also be the second-highest fourth-innings chase in the history of the Newlands ground.

Who managed the highest chase? That would be Australia.

In 2002, Ricky Ponting scored a century as Steve Waugh's men chased 331 in just 79 overs.

Ponting brought up his hundred in the 78th over, and before Shane Warne – presumably with zero interest in facing the new ball – belted Jacques Kallis to the boundary twice to end the Test in the 79th.

There have also been five other scores above 288 in that time, but all either ended in defeat or a draw.

According to WinViz, South Africa at 54 per cent favourites to win the third Test.

The Aussies are only 31 per cent, and a draw is 15 per cent.

The WinViz' has fluctuated between the two sides on multiple occasions throughout the match. At the end of day one, it was 72 per cent South Africa and 27 per cent Australia. When Australia was bowled out on day three, it was up to 71 per cent Australia, and the Proteas only 25 per cent.

At tea on day four, a Proteas victory or a draw were the most likely outcome at 41 per cent with the Aussies back down to 19 per cent.

Unsurprisingly, the flurry of South African wickets late on day four meant by stumps a result became far more likely.