S Africa begin Gqeberha Test strong against

A short rain break slowed down South Africa's scoring rate during the second session of the second Test, but still, the home side were largely on top of proceedings on the first day in Gqeberha. They went to tea on 199 for 3, with Temba Bavuma and Ryan Rickelton at the crease, according to ESPNcricinfo.
The play was stopped from 1:30 pm to 1:55 pm, just when Keegan Petersen had laced together some boundaries to get to his fourth Test fifty. But Taijul Islam gave Bangladesh two wickets, including that of Petersen.
The left-arm spinner first removed captain Dean Elgar, who made his third consecutive fifty in this Test series. Taijul found Elgar's outside edge with a delivery that slid through after he had bowled tirelessly on and around off stump to the left-hander. Elgar's 70 was his fifth 50-plus score in six innings against this side. During the session, Elgar also went past Jacques Kallis as highest scorer in St George's Park.
Taijul then trapped Petersen lbw after the rain interruption, for which the batter reviewed the umpire's decision. Petersen had advanced down the wicket but missed the delivery. The umpire had denied the appeal as it looked to be going down leg, but Hawk-Eye showed that the ball would go on to hit leg stump, much to Bangladesh's delight.
Petersen made 64 off 124 balls with nine fours, while Elgar's 89-ball innings had ten fours.
Earlier, South Africa made a near-identical start to the Test as they did in Durban last week. Captain Elgar led the domination of the Bangladesh attack for most of the session as the home side reached 107 for one at lunch.
Elgar hit a half-century off 66 balls, in the 22nd over. He had made a similarly quick start in the first Test when he reached 60 at lunch, with his side at 95 for no loss.
This time, however, Elgar lost opening partner Sarel Erwee when the left-hander fell to Khaled Ahmed's away going delivery in the 12th over. Erwee, who made 24, survived a close call in the third over of the morning when Khaled made a loud lbw appeal. The umpire turned it down, but Mominul Haque too was late at taking the review. Replays showed it was red on all three counts, and would have overturned the decision had Bangladesh been prompt at the review.