'Machines' remobilise but more toil to test ageing attack
Key points
- Australia's senior fast bowlers, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, have recovered from a heavy workload in the Durban Test. Pat Cummins also bowled 29 overs there.
- Hazlewood (35) and Starc (36) opening the attack at Kingsmead is only the sixth time in Australia's past seven Tests that two bowlers aged 35 or over have shared the new ball. Australia now faces a crowded schedule of matches, with pitches expected to demand more endurance.
- Hazlewood said he plays each Test as though it could be his last.
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