Australia began the second Test against South Africa at St George's Park on 18 October. The Australian side won the toss and elected to send South Africa in to bat.
Rain delayed the start of play by 2 hours, resulting in only 12.2 overs being bowled on the first day. Scott Boland took 2 wickets in 2 balls during the brief period of play.
Boland dismissed Aiden Markram for 11 runs and David Bedingham, who was caught behind. South Africa were 20 for 2 when play was called off.
Boland replaced Nathan Lyon in the Australian lineup for this match. The Australian team won the first Test by 214 runs.
Kagiso Rabada returned for South Africa following a hamstring injury, replacing Keshav Maharaj. Marques Ackerman and Matthew Breetzke replaced Tristan Stubbs and Kyle Verreynne in the South African squad.
Ryan Rickelton took over as wicketkeeper from Kyle Verreynne. Ackerman remained unbeaten on 5 runs while Temba Bavuma was on 4 runs.
Aiden Markram hit 2 boundaries off Mitchell Starc before his dismissal. Boland, who took 6 wickets for 7 runs against England in Melbourne in December 2021, was making his 20th appearance in Australia's 50th Test.
