abc.net.au/news/australia-south-africa-day-five-scg-test-draw/101835628Australia has failed to win a test for the first time this summer, with South Africa batting out a draw on day five of the final game at the SCG.
But they could only manage six wickets in the day as South Africa salvaged a modicum of pride from an otherwise sorry series, ending the match 2-106 in their second innings, having been bowled out for 255 earlier in the day. After frontline attack of Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood and Ashton Agar were resisted by the overnight not out pair of Simon Harmer and Marco Jansen, it was part-timer off-spinner Travis Head who finally got the first wicket in the 15th over of the day, finding Jansen's outside edge through to Alex Carey for a 78-ball 11.
Maharaj notched the fifth half-century of his Test career just after the break but was trapped LBW on 53 by Hazlewood, having put on 85 off almost 27 overs for the eighth wicket.
Bad decision by capt. Declared too late.
Oh FFS how could they possibly give David Warner player of the series 🤷 he got a Golden Duck 🦆 Warner & Khawaja both failed except for 1 innings. Smith & Head averaged more per innings and were consistent. Carey averaged the highest per innings CricketAus is a joke
. Another way to screw over the most screwed over player in Aus test history...
We ain't that good, yet..
Khawaja could have got 300+
Draw. It was always going to be the most likely result. Khawaja will be smoking at the ears with not being allowed a go at 200...fifteen minutes back out in the middle, thats all it would have taken. Five Tests and not one competitive game. Next year
Played just like the England of old.
Was always going to be the case. Cummins should've given Usman 2 overs to get his 5 runs. Wouldn't have made any difference to the result. Poor captaincy.