Durban, Oct. 10 -- With an early wicket of Ryan Rickelton following a marathon century by Matt Renshaw, Australia ended the second day of the first Test against South Africa at Durban on Saturday in the driver's seat.

At the end of day two's play, SA was 27/1, with David Bedingham (12*) and Aiden Markram (15*) unbeaten. Bad light had stopped play for the day. Earlier, Australia had managed 390 runs courtesy a marathon knock from Renshaw, who fell just short of what could have been a maiden Test double ton.

Renshaw registered the fourth-highest score by an Aussie batter in South Africa, helping the former World Test Championship crown-holders pull off a memorable comeback during the first Test against current mace holders at Durban.

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