South Africa v Australia, 4th Test, 3rd Day, Johannesburg

Batting through the Paine

Apr 01, 2018

$Tim Paine was found to have a hairline fracture in his right thumb, and batting wasn't too easy$

Tim Paine was found to have a hairline fracture in his right thumb, and batting wasn't too easy •AFP

He found support from Pat Cummins, who got to his maiden Test fifty•AFP

Aiden Markram was characteristically fluid during his 37 and became the second-fastest South African batsman to 1,000 runs•Getty Images

But Paine stuck in before opening up his game and taking on the bowling•Getty Images

Keshav Maharaj had Cummins lbw, and Australia then began to crumble •AFP

Dean Elgar dug in with a 158-ball 39 and was unbeaten at stumps as South Africa made the visitors grind in their last bowling innings of the tour•Getty Images

South Africa were reduced to three specialist bowlers after Morne Morkel picked up a side strain, but they managed to fold up Australia for 221•Getty Images