DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Matt Renshaw dug deep to score a second test hundred and help Australia reach 277-8 at lunch on Day 2 of the first cricket test against South Africa on Saturday.
Renshaw was 102 not out off 218 balls, including 10 fours, with Nathan Lyon (7 not out) for company, after 96 overs.
Day 1 had finished 24.4 overs early due to bad light with Australia struggling at 187-6. Renshaw was unbeaten on 46 overnight and completed his half-century Saturday morning, coming off 117 balls.
Pat Cummins was 33 not out overnight and he could only add 10 runs before he was caught at slip off Wiaan Mulder. The duo added 86 runs for the seventh wicket to rescue Australia’s floundering innings.
Mulder picked another two wickets in the morning session for figures of 4-51. Marco Jansen (2-49) and Anrich Nortje (2-71) shared the other four wickets.
Mulder then bowled Mitchell Starc for 6.
Renshaw added 47 off 87 balls for the ninth wicket with Lyon, who only contributed seven runs until lunch.
He hit another six fours, while holding one end together, en route to his second test hundred off 204 balls.
Renshaw's previous test hundred was in 2017 against Pakistan — 184 in Sydney.
On Friday, Australia had won the toss and opted to bat before crashing to 84-4 and 124-6 on either side of lunch.
South Africa is the reigning world test champion, having beaten Australia in the 2025 final. It is Australia’s first trip to the country since the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.
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Australia's Matt Renshaw celebrates his century with his teammate Nathan Lyon on day two of the first cricket test match between South Africa and Australia, in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Australia's Matt Renshaw, left, runs between the wickets with his teammate Nathan Lyon on day two of the first cricket test match between South Africa and Australia, in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Australia's Matt Renshaw celebrates his century with his teammate Nathan Lyon on day two of the first cricket test match between South Africa and Australia, in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes killed at least 12 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Three children were among those killed when Russian aerial bombs hit residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, Zelenskyy said Saturday. At least 14 people were wounded in the attack.
Russia and Ukraine are locked in a long-range aerial war while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line, more than 4 1/2 years since Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Ukraine is struggling to counter escalating Russian bombardments that have killed more than 60 people over the past four days.
Trump said Friday he had struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.
“Today, Russia expressed its thanks for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia,” Zelenskyy wrote Saturday on X.
He said the attacks show Moscow understands “any easing of pressure to mean they can keep fighting, to mean they can keep dropping bombs on cities," adding that “different signals are needed.”
Trump was set to discuss a suspected case of plague in Russia with President Vladimir Putin in a phone call.
Instead, the American leader announced Friday that Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons “immediately thereafter.” Russia will deliver an additional 3 million tons “within a short period of time” after that, he wrote.
Trump’s shocking announcement was in stark contrast to a sweeping Russia sanctions law he signed last month that aimed at clamping down on the oil and gas revenues that fuel Russia’s war against Ukraine.
In a lengthy post online reacting to the deal on Friday, Zelenskyy said Russia would repay it “with further terror and perfidy.” He framed it as an investment in the war that could prolong it.
“It plays into Russia’s hands — allowing it to kill more, wage war for longer, have even less respect for America, and inflict even greater losses and damage on the world,” he said.
According to a statement released by the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, Zelenskyy called it “a weak decision, unfortunately, a weak decision by strong partners.”
Trump announced the deal as his envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Ukrainian officials in Miami to discuss a proposal to end the war.
“I believe our team is simply being used as a smoke screen. And that is certainly not fair. It is certainly not how partners should treat each other,” Zelenskyy said.
Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
A woman reacts after pulling her relatives from the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
A man talks on the phone while sitting on the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
A relative speaks to a woman on a stretcher after pulling her and her husband from the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
Rescue workers carry a body after pulling from the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
