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Starc's new-ball burst reverses South Africa's strong start

Fox Cricket's Cape Town highlights pair Ackerman's near-century with an Australian recovery, while viewers debate the bowling selections.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 228,117 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (16,720).

South Africa vs. Australia | 3rd Test, 1st Day Highlights | Fox Cricket

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4:05Ackerman reaches his maiden Test fifty as South Africa builds a strong opening partnership.
7:00Lyon gives Australia its first breakthrough, dismissing Ackerman just short of a century.
10:10A successful review brings Cooper Connolly his first Test wicket.
11:00Bedingham reaches fifty before Hazlewood takes a diving boundary catch.
14:30Starc's new-ball spell supplies the closing sequence of wickets.

Marques Ackerman gets within a shot of a maiden Test century before Australia finally breaks South Africa's opening partnership. By the closing stretch of Fox Cricket's highlights, Mitchell Starc is sending stumps flying with the new ball.

That reversal has drawn roughly 126,000 views in nine hours, an unusually fast start for the channel's regular videos. A separate edit devoted to Starc's wickets is also attracting far more views than a typical Fox Cricket upload.

The full highlights, which open with a sponsored introduction, give the recovery its context. Ackerman and Aiden Markram both pass fifty before Nathan Lyon removes Ackerman just short of his hundred. Starc contributes a catch off Josh Hazlewood, Lyon bowls Temba Bavuma, and Cooper Connolly gets his first Test wicket after a review overturns the original decision.

South Africa still has resistance to offer through David Bedingham and Marco Jansen. Then comes Starc's late spell: fast, straight deliveries that turn the final minutes into a succession of wickets.

Viewers are discussing that turnaround, Connolly's breakthrough and whether Scott Boland should have been selected. The comments section is already more than ten times as busy as the channel's usual full first day. Some also question the edit itself, asking for dropped catches to be included so the highlights better explain how Australia's day unfolded.

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What viewers say

Starc 0/62 and in the blink if an eye 6/72 😳
@jamescranley933See it on YouTube
Good on Connolly getting his first wicket
@KINGBOB200YOU-n5mSee it on YouTube
A proper test match! Day 1 delivered both for Australia and South Africa. Let's see what happens on day 2.
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Insane comeback from Australia, we should give credit where due
@c3vznSee it on YouTube
starc with the new ball when hes on is unplayable
@toz922See it on YouTube
Wait till both teams have had a bat
@__JB___See it on YouTube
did i miss it or did these highlights not include the head & lyon dropped catches i saw on instagram? pretty important to put them in for context of the game
@why-t-jaiSee it on YouTube