During South Africa’s first innings, Smith ordered his bowlers to deliberately bowl down the leg side away from the South African in the final few deliveries of the over in order to keep him off strike.

“I think we showed in the first Test how quickly we can go through them. They rely heavily on him and there’s been a few little cameos around him. We feel we’re pretty comfortable against the rest of their batting line-up,” he said.

South Africa are expected to be without Kagiso Rabada, who was man of the match in Port Elizabeth, in the final two Tests of the series following his two-match suspension, with the two sides heading to Cape Town tied at 1-1.