Play was abandoned on the second day of the second Test between Australia and South Africa without a ball being bowled following incessant rain in Hobart Sunday. The umpires made a ground inspection at 2:00 p.m. local time (0300 GMT) and decided to call off the day's play, with the start scheduled 30 minutes earlier for each of the remaining three days. South Africa holds an 86-run lead after routing Australia for 85 and reaching stumps on the first day at 171 for five. Temba Bavuma will resume Monday on 38 with Quinton de Kock not out 28. Extensive covers protected the Bellerive pitch and surrounds amid continual rain throughout Sunday with only a few hardy souls in the stands. The Proteas are in a strong position to claim victory and clinch their third consecutive series in Australia after rolling the home team in just 32.5 overs. Vernon Philander powered the Proteas with five for 21 and was supported by recalled paceman Kyle Abbott who took three for 41. It was Australia's lowest total at home against South Africa to revive memories of recent catastrophic batting collapses. The capitulation revisited the nightmares of their miserable 47 in Cape Town in 2011 and England's demolition of them for 60 at Trent Bridge last year. Monday's weather forecast was for a few showers. Show resilience, team chief tells besieged Aussies Australian cricket chief Pat Howard Sunday urged the embattled national team and organization to show resilience in their fight for credibility. It was the fifth time in the past six years Australia had been bowled out for fewer than 100. Under-fire coach Darren Lehmann, whose contract was recently extended until 2019, has admitted Australia's batting was in crisis. Howard, whose position is also under scrutiny, fielded questions at a news conference at the Bellerive ground during the washed-out second day's play. "If you are looking for the players to have resilience you want the people around them to have resilience," he told reporters. "So I expect Darren, me, (chief selector) Rod Marsh, all of us to show that exact same resilience we're expecting of the players." Howard said the Australian players should follow the lead of skipper Smith, who resisted the potent Proteas bowling attack for an unbeaten 48 while wickets tumbled around him. "His resilience out there in the middle was fantastic and I think some of his players need to have a look at how he did it and take a lead from him," he said. He added the Australian team's current predicament was also a challenge for Lehmann, amid calls that his coaching reappointment last August was premature. "We've got a young captain with a coach that's wanted to give the team and squad some stability." "I make no apologies for that, I made the decision and I take accountability for that."
