New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Matt Renshaw ended a massive 3506-day wait for a Test half-century as the Australian fights alone in Durban on Day 2 of the ongoing first Test against South Africa on Saturday. Having started the day on an overnight score of 46, Renshaw reached his fifth Test fifty after nine years with an edge off Anrich Nortje that went between the third man and gully.

It was his first Test fifty in nine years, seven months, and five days (to be precise), with his last coming on March 5, 2017 against India in Bengaluru. With Cameron Green ruled out of the first Test against the Proteas, Renshaw was tasked to hold the middle order at no.5.

The Queensland cricket didn't disappoint. On day 1 of the Test match, where the Australian b...