South Africa's batters finally show some fight as the tourists salvage a draw from the third and final Test at the SCG, with Australia falling eight wickets short of completing a perfect summer.
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.
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