South Africa vs Australia 2018, 2nd Test, day 4: 5 things we learnt from the day

#4 Lungi Ngidi puts his hand up

Cheerful as always, Ngidi did enough to retain his place in the side

Morne Morkel's exclusion ahead of the second Test was viewed with sceptic eyes but Lungisani Ngidi turned up and hit the ground running with a terrific display of fast bowling. He had contributed to Australia's failings in the first innings, cleaning up David Warner and then bowling immaculate lines to finish with a three-wicket haul.

Ngidi still needed a confidence boost before the third Test and went on to pick up Cameron Bancroft and later, Nathan Lyon, to finish with five in the match. With Rabada suspended for rest of the series, Ngidi might be persisted with at Cape Town after giving a pretty good account of himself.