The Proteas — particularly with the bat — had a tough time during their three-match Test series against Australia. However, on the final day of the closing game, they dug deep to salvage a draw, but it was too little, too late.
On the last day of their final match against Australia, in a three-game Test series that they had already lost after crushing defeats in the first two matches, South Africa’s batters showed the type of fight that was absent as the hosts took the contest away from them with a match to spare.
Travis Head of Australia celebrates dismissing Marco Jansen of South Africa on day four of the Third Test against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground on 7 January 2023. Maharaj top-scored for his team’s first innings in the number nine batting berth, landing a flurry of counter-punches on Australia’s bowlers during the opening session of the fifth and final day.The spinner collected 53 runs from 81 balls, in an innings consisting of six boundaries — plus one maximum.
Marnus Labuschagne of Australia bowls on day five of the Third Test against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground on 8 January 2023. The hosts’ eyes would have lit up when Proteas skipper Dean Elgar once again lost his wicket cheaply, at the beginning of the ninth over in South Africa’s second innings. He was dismissed by his counterpart Cummins and caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey after carelessly gloving a short-pitched ball.
“It’s great to see how the guys responded. There are a lot of learnings out of the happenings of today. The flipside could’ve been that we could’ve been done here by lunchtime — which would’ve not sat very well amongst our camp.”
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