South Africa crush Australia by an innings to level cricket Test series
South Africa storm back to crush Australia by an innings in the second Test and level the series 1-1 with one to play.
South Africa bowled out Australia for 295 to win by an innings and 31 runs in the last session of the second Test at St George’s Park in Gqeberha on Thursday to level the three-match series, winning a race against looming bad weather.
The hosts’ pace trio of Wiaan Mulder, Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen took the last four wickets required as Australia’s resistance crumbled after a century from Travis Head and a doggedly defiant Test high 40 by nightwatchman Scott Boland.
Mulder, who earlier dismissed Head, then bowled Boland and castled Australia captain Pat Cummins to forge a breakthrough, with Rabada dismissing Mitchell Starc and Jansen finishing off the innings with Josh Hazlewood caught in the slips.
“We were scrambling a bit, not sure about the weather and Australia made us work hard for those last six wickets,” said Bavuma.