South Africa's seam attack left Australia reeling at 124/6 before an unbeaten stand between Matt Renshaw and Pat Cummins guided the visitors to 187/6 ahead of an early stumps due to bad light in Durban.
Kagiso Rabada has been ruled out of the opening Test against Australia at Kingsmead, paving the way for fast bowler Anrich Nortje to provide the X-factor as South Africa begins its title defence.
