03/22Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 22-25 2018
South Africa won by 322 runs
Player of the Match
Morne Morkel
Morne MorkelSouth Africa
03/22Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Mar 22-25 2018
South Africa won by 322 runs
Player of the Match
Morne Morkel
Morne MorkelSouth Africa

3.05pm: Australia's torture is only just beginning over for now. But David Warner (the deposed vice-captain) and Cameron Bancroft (villain/patsy of the piece) will be straight back out into the spotlights as Australia set about their second innings, trying to salvage something from what many will conclude is already a lost cause. There were fifties for Aiden Markram, AB de Villiers, Quinton de Kock and Vernon Philander, as South Africa did a professional job of taking the game away... but frankly, this is likely to be an appetiser for what comes after. Anyway, Miller will be back with his magnifying glass in five

112.2
W
Hazlewood to Morkel, OUT, no fifty for Morkel today, Hazlewood bounces him out! Head-hunting bumper, 141kph and Morkel can only punch it up into the air, looping gently to gully - meaning Australia have been set 430 to win

M Morkel c Khawaja b Hazlewood 6 (10m 7b 0x4 1x6) SR: 85.71

112.1
1
Hazlewood to Philander, 1 run, dug in short and Philander pulls through midwicket, takes the single

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ABD's double

5

No. of times AB de Villiers has made two fifty-plus scores in the same Tests, including this match. The last he did so was way back in 2011. SA have lost two of the previous 4 times he scored 50+ in both inns.

Morkel's milestone

300+

Wickets for Morne Morkel in Tests. He has become the fifth for South Africa after Donald, Pollock, Ntini and Steyn to complete 300 wickets.

Elgar carries again

3

No. of times Dean Elgar has carried his bat in a Test inns, including this Test. He equals Desmond Haynes who had also done it three times.

Killing spell

4/8

Pat Cummins' spell in the third session on day one in which he picked up 4 wickets for 8 runs in 8 overs. He rattled through the middle-order dismissing De Villiers, Du Plessis Bavuma and De Kock in that spell.

Faf fails

8.75

Faf du Plessis' average in this series, which is his second-lowest in any Test series. He averaged 8.57 in the series against India in 2015-16 which is his lowest.

ABD's hot form

6

No. of 50+ scores for AB de Villiers in 7 Tests since his return. He averages over 55 in these matches.

Hazlewood again

7

No. of times Hashim Amla has got out to Josh Hazlewood in Tests, in 9 innings. Only Broad has dismissed Amla on more occasions, 8 times in 29 inns.