In reply, Australia declared their first innings at 575 for 8 wickets. The Proteas finished the third day with 15 runs for 1 wicket yesterday. South Africa came out to bat 371 runs behind Australia on the fourth day. However, they could not go far in the second innings, they were bundled out for 204 runs. As a result, Dean Elgar’s team lost by an inning and 182 runs.

Temba Bavuma scored 65 runs in the second innings. 33 runs came from Kyle Verreynne’s bat. De Bruyn scored 28 and Sarel RV scored 21 runs. Australian spinner Nathan Lyon took three wickets. Scott Boland took two wickets. David Warner, who scored a double century in the 100th Test, became the man of the match.

It is to be noted that Australia won the first Test of the three-match series by 6 wickets. The third and final Test of the series will begin in Sydney on January 4.