While the world wrestled with calamity — from a deadly plane crash in Ahmedabad to Israel’s preemptive strikes on Iran — cricket offered a fleeting refuge. On a hauntingly surreal Friday the 13th, South Africa mounted a resilient fourth-innings chase at Lord’s, led by a century from Aiden Markram and a half-century from the injured Temba Bavuma.
AUS 212 & 207
RSA 138 & 213/2 (56) CRR: 3.8
Day 3: Stumps – South Africa need 69 runs