Brillant and well-laboured centuries by Protea batters Ryan Rickelton and Wiaan Mulder gave South Africa a fighting chance at the end of day four of the third and deciding cricket test against Australia in Cape Town.<\/p>\n
The Proteas finished the day on 387 all out in their second innings, setting Australia a target of 288 to win the test. Rickelton scored 101 and Mulder 115.<\/p>\n
At the start of play the Proteas were on 140 for 4, a lead of just 40 runs. Rickelton and Matthew Breetzke showed patience for most of the morning session and at lunch South Africa were on 202 for 5 with only Breetzke losing his wicket on 43.<\/p>\n
After lunch it was the Rickelton and Mulder show and, in that period, they brought up their hundred partnership taking the score to 294 for 5 at tea, and the lead at that stage was 194 runs.<\/p>\n
In the last session the pair drove their team\u2019s advantage home and Rickelton scored his century, but a misunderstanding resulted in Rickelton being run out. Their 154-run partnership was vital however in the test.<\/p>\n
Rickelton\u2019s departure was followed by a mini collapse, and the Proteas went from 335 for 5 to 351 for 9. Mulder held on and the last man in Kagiso Rabada helped him to reach his century.<\/p>\n
Mulder\u2019s wicket brought the day to an end but before that he rubbed further salt in Australian wounds, and the visitors will have a mountain to climb on the final day.<\/p>\n
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