Smith wants centuries

Australia chief Steve Smith has requested his group's batsmen lift their yield and score a very long time against South Africa in the wake of their lowering six-wicket misfortune in the second Test at Port Elizabeth. 

Australia were confined to 243 in the primary innings at St. George's Park and were knocked down some pins out for 239 in the second to give the Proteas a simple triumph pursue of 101 to level the arrangement at 1-1. 

While no Australian has dealt with a century, the home side has had two - youngster opener Aiden Markram scoring a brave 143 in the misfortune in Durban and AB de Villiers setting the stage for triumph at Port Elizabeth with an unbeaten 126. 

"We haven't got a hundred so far in this arrangement, with the goal that's not perfect," Smith revealed to Australian radio station SEN. 

"Mitchell Marsh presumably merited a hundred in the primary Test to be reasonable, however in the event that we're getting players scoring enormous hundreds it positively encourages us out one serious parcel. 

"Sadly, we haven't possessed the capacity to do that so far in this arrangement, yet we have a decent chance to turn it around in the following."