Khawaja pushes Australia ahead with 13th Test century

Usman Khawaja proceeded with his relationship with the SCG, briging up his third sequential Test hundred at the scene - and thirteenth on the whole - as Australia kept on squeezing home the benefit on a sluggish SCG surface. South Africa had finished the downpour shortened Day 1 with the wicket of Marnus Labuschagne, yet couldn't make any early advances on the second day as Khawaja and Steve Smith manufactured a 100 or more third-wicket stand. Following Khawaja's hundred years, Steve Smith arrived at a 95-ball 50. The pair scored 119 runs in 36 overs in the meeting to take Australia to 266 for 2 at Lunch.

After the initial 10 overs - including four extremely difficult ones from Anrich Nortje - didn't yield a leap forward, Senior member Elgar changed to turn through Keshav Maharaj. The offspinner almost found a way through when Usman Khawaja drove a little uppishly. Sadly for Elgar however, it missed the mark concerning him at cover. In his next finished, the spinner was invited by Khawaja with a shimmy down the track for a six over lengthy off. The SCG surface was slow however didn't offer horrendous turn for South Africa to have the option to stick the two players back.

Steve Smith, who'd been slow yet consistent starting from the beginning of the day took on Maharaj after the beverages break to move into the 30s quickly. He likewise utilized the range against Simon Harmer's more full lengths and spread out the force shot when the spinner hauled his length back a touch.Towards the finish of the meeting, which had prior been hampered by truly concise downpour breaks, Khawaja previously got to his hundred years and afterward Smith arrived at his fifty.

With under 10 minutes to go in the meeting, Elgar accepted the new ball when it was free and thrown it to Nortje. Smith and Khawaja played out that test to take the home side to lunch with next to no harm on the subsequent morning.

Brief scores: Australia 266/2 (Usman Khawaja 108*, Steve Smith 59*, Marnus Labuschagne 79; Anrich Nortje 2-39) vs South Africa