Seldom will Kagiso Rabada and Kyle Abbott bowl so well for so little reward as they did on the third day of the second Test at Bellerive Oval here on Monday.Seldom, too, will a batting unit turn their fortunes around as starkly as Australia did.Shot out for 85 in their first innings, they were 121/2 when bad light forced the close seven overs early on Monday.Australia are due to resume on Tuesday in a hole 120 runs deep — that is how far they are behind. But they could’ve, would’ve, should’ve been in a lot deeper trouble.Abbott took 2/55 from his 19 overs and deserved three more. Rabada’s nine overs went for just 19. On other days, he would have taken five.And that would have been that: match and series to SA.Instead, Usman Khawaja stood firm even as ball after ball skewed off the seam and screamed past the edge. Ditto Steve Smith. Khawaja was 56 not out with Smith on 18 in a stand of 42 when the umpires called off play."I’m quite happy with what we’ve achieved but the game’s only j...
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