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  • 2011/12 South Africa v Australia

    South Africa vs Australia - 2nd Test

    November 17, 2011, 7:30PM AET New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

    Match Status: Day 5 - Completed
    Australia won by 2 wickets

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87th Over
That concludes our coverage of this Test series, and we now look forward to the start of the international summer in Australia with New Zealand the next opponent only 10 days away. Thanks for tuning in.
Pat Cummins is named Man of the Match on debut, and Vernon Philander is Man of the Series.
Huge credit to Haddin, Johnson and Hussey who all battled hard against the South African attack that asked questions of the batsmen all day, and set up the chase for the lower order to finish off.
What a gripping final day, Australia losing early wickets and fighting back throughout the day, then Haddin and Siddle departing within sight of the finish line, which opened the door for debutant Cummins to take Australia to victory with the winning runs!
Over 86.5: Imran Tahir to Cummins, FOUR, drags a wrong-un down short, and he pulls it away through mid wicket for four! What a finish to an incredible Test match and series!
Over 86.4: Imran Tahir to Cummins, no run, lets it go outside off stump
Over 86.3: Imran Tahir to Cummins, no run, APPEAL, wrong-un, turns in and he defends off the pad, big shout and given not out. Must refer and they do, does it hit outside the line, yes! Not out.
Over 86.2: Imran Tahir to Johnson, one run, back and nudges to point, they take the single, 4 required now
Over 86.1: Imran Tahir to Johnson, no run, pushes to the off side
 86th Over
Over 85.6: Steyn to Cummins, no run, drives hard outside off, beats the edge again! Aus 8/305, 5 required
Over 85.5: Steyn to Cummins, no run, short ball outside off and he swings at a pull shot, misses everything
Over 85.4: Steyn to Cummins, no run, short length, in behind it and defends to the leg side well
Over 85.3: Steyn to Cummins, no run, flashes hard outside off and it beats the edge
Over 85.2: Steyn to Cummins, FOUR, DROPPED, hits straight and hard, through Steyn's hands! Tahir slides to the boundary to save it, but its given as four. All happening at The Wanderers!
Over 85.1: Steyn to Cummins, no run, lets it go wide of the off stump
 85th Over
Over 84.6: Philander to Cummins, one run, full length on middle stump and he works it nicely wide of mid on, Morkel fields well and keeps it to a single - Aus 8/301, 9 required
Over 84.5: Philander to Johnson, one run, crunches it off the back foot to deep point
Over 84.4: Philander to Johnson, two runs, drives through extra cover and takes a second run on the throw
Over 84.3: Philander to Cummins, one run, worked away into the mid wicket gap
Over 84.2: Philander to Cummins, wide
Over 84.2: Philander to Cummins, no run
Over 84.1: Philander to Cummins, no run

South Africa: Graeme Smith (c), Jacques Rudolph, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Abraham de Villiers, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher (wk), Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir

Australia: Shane Watson, Phillip Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (c), Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin (wk), Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon, Patrick Cummins

Umpires: Bowden, BF (NZL), Gould, IJ (ENG)
Third Umpire: Doctrove, BR (WIN)
Match Refree: Mahanama, RS (SLA)