Australia's bowlers lay down Ashes marker but batting was exposed on first day of World Test Championship final against South Africa
Kagiso Rabada delivered superb haul of five for 51 as Australia made 212 But then Australia's fast bowlers hit back led by Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins South Africa ended the day 43-4 and still have plenty of work to do Australia ’s fast bowlers laid down an early Ashes marker on the first evening of the World Test Championship final at Lord’s – after South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada had exposed the weaknesses in their batting. In his first Test since a one-month ban for taking cocaine, Rabada seemed to have stolen the headlines with a superb haul of five for 51 to dismiss Australia for 212 and take him past South African legend Allan Donald’s tally of 330 Test wickets. But Mitchell Starc set about redressing the balance on a breathless day of 14 wickets by yorking Aiden Markram for a duck and having Ryan Rickelton caught at first slip for 16. Pat Cummins then bowled the strokeless W...