'Australia in search of a solid partner for David Warner' Sunil Gavaskar

'After winning comprehensively in Hobart, South Africa have maintained their dominance against a struggling Australia.

Before tests, they whitewashed Australia on their home ground in ODI series.'

'In the ongoing test series, there is a match left and South Africa would be hoping to whitewash Steven Smith & co.'

'Australia thought without Dale Steyn, who is out due to a shoulder injury, things would be easy for them. He is out for six months means he won't be able to play cricket this season. But his replacement Kyle Abbott has performed exceptionally well.

Vernon Philander took full advantage of conditions in Hobart and troubled the Aussies with his swing. Australia once again, were bowled out under 100. South Africa batted with full commitment and made sure they take a big lead. However they too struggled at the start and their half of the side were dismissed at low score.'

'But they have found an excellent wicketkeeper in the form of Quinton de Kock. He played beautiful shots to score a century and made a partnership with Buvama, which helped the Proteas take some valuable lead. They took some extra runs which forced Australia to keep fielders close to the batsmen.'

'Buvama and De Kock have studied in the same school, that's why they have a great understanding when batting together.
They can assess the situation of the game and are good between the wickets as well.

Australia, since last season, are struggling to find a partner for David Warner. Whenever Warner gets out early, Aussies are in trouble.'

'In the first innings of Hobart test, Australia were all-out for a mere 85 runs and only Steve Smith managed to get some runs. He remained not out at 48 runs, but his effort was not enough.
Smith had a partnership with Usman Khwaja, but next morning, when Khwaja got out, Australia's batting were spilled like a deck of cards.'

Australia and South Africa will play the last match of the series from 24 November in Adelaide.

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