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Cricket: Starc stars with the ball to help Australia on the opening day of the third Test against the Proteas

# Cricket: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc took six wickets as South Africa were bowled out for 329 in their first innings at stumps on day one of the series-deciding third Test in Cape Town. The Proteas were sent in to bat first, with Marques Ackerman and Aiden Markram putting on a 158-run opening partnership for the first wicket. Ackerman scored a career-best 95, and Markram scored 78. David Bedingham and Marco Jansen also contributed with the bat, both scoring half-centuries. Australia will start their first innings today.