Cordon conundrum leaves Australia in trouble and Steve Smith in world of pain | Andy Bull

Vice-captain fractured finger with drop at slip to give Temba Bavuma another life and South Africa controlSlip has turned into a silly position this week. And because cricket is such a contrary sport, this means it’s become a very serious business indeed. Old salts say there’s no such thing as an easy catch in there, and there have been some hellish difficult ones at Lord’s. Most of them have been taken, too; there have been a cupped handful of brilliant catches in the position