Australia captain Pat Cummins and Matt Renshaw led a fightback against South Africa on day one of the first Test in Durban, as the visitors were reduced to 187-6 before bad light stopped play.
The tourists were in trouble at 84-3 at lunch, after South Africa's pace attack dismissed Travis Head (9), Nic Maddinson (0) and Marnus Labuschagne (37) inside 26 overs.
Steve Smith (25), returning to red-ball cricket in South Africa for the first time since the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, was struck a painful blow on the hand before he was caught off the next ball by Wiaan Mulder off Marco Jansen. Alex Carey (14) and Beau Webster (4) were then dismissed within two deliveries by Anrich Nortje, leaving the tourists on 124-6.
Cummins (33 not out) and Renshaw (46 not out) led a resilient fightback, adding an unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 63, with Renshaw ending the day four runs short of a half-century. Mulder finished with the best figures for South Africa, ending the day 2-31, while Jansen returned 2-35. Play resumes on day two.
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