Date-stamped : 17 Feb97 - 14:19
Day 2 report - Electronic Telegraph 

Australians hit by
quick-fire Kallis

By a Special Correspondent in Cape Town


THE Australians quickly lost four second-innings wickets here
yesterday after Western Province had set up an intriguing final
day with a bold declaration in the three-day tour match at
Newlands.

After John Commins, the Province captain, had closed his team's
first innings at 261 for five - 178 runs behind Australia's 439
for four declared on the first day - medium paceman Jacques
Kallis picked up three wickets to reduce the tourists to 78 for
four. Australia's overall lead was 256 runs with six wickets in
hand.

The Australians' young attack, without fast bowler Glenn McGrath
and leg-spinner Shane Warne, had the Western Province batsmen
struggling until the fifth-wicket pair of Commins and Hylton
Ackerman jnr cut loose with 60 runs in only 48 minutes to set up
the declaration.

When Australia batted again, Kallis captured two of his wickets
in three balls.

Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)

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