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SA Win Vs Australia Highlights 2nd Melbourne Test Day 5

Winning moments, celebrations & Interviews

Part 1

Cricket Highlights: South Africa chase 183 on the 5th day of the MCG test to beat Australia and win the series 2-0, with Sydney to come.

Scoreline: South Africa 183/1. Graeme Smith 75. Neil McKenzie 59 Hashim Amla 30

The video here features the winning moments and celebrations and interviews with Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Ricky Ponting, Brett Lee and Kallis.

A second straight run chase for South Africa and they do it again. The ease of the win with just 1 wicket down can tend to deny the time in the test match when they looked certain to lose it, but for a brilliant 166 by JP Duminy and Dale Steyn’s 76. All those years of pain South African cricket fans have endured as they watched their team stumble over themselves finally found some meaning at the MCG today.

In the meanwhile Tony Greig used the opportunity to rub it into his fellow Aussie commentators – It’s so convenient for Greig to choose a nationality to support. When South Africa wins, he’ll draw references to his birth country. If England does well, well he played for England. When Australia were doing well, he lived and worked there so he could stand on that side. When Sri Lanka did well, he’d go on about how his wife loves the country. And now in India, he works for the ICL, so that’s covered too.

South Africa vs Australia 2nd Test Highlights Day 4 Melbourne | Ponting 99

Cricket highlights from the 2nd MCG Test – Australia vs SA – 4th Day’s cricket.

Scoreline: Australia 247 (2nd Innings) – Ricky Ponting 99, Mitchell Johnson 43 no.
South Africa: 30/0. Need 153 runs more to win the test and series.

A brilliant 99 by Ricky Ponting as vaunted players deserted him on possibly the most defining day in Australian cricket. The difference between Ponting and the rest was stark, not just in his strokeplay but his general demeanor. The only time he looked unsure was when he got into the 90s – surprisingly he spent 40 minutes in the 90s and that probably denied him a deserved hundred. Mitchell Johnson was the only one who looked like he wanted to hang around, launching into his booming shots after the departure of Ponting.

Dale Steyn once again ripped through the Aussies with another 5 wicket haul to make it 10 for the test. South Africa came out chasing 183 and rattled off 30 of them with Graeme Smith belting 5 boundaries.

Brett Lee whose foot injury will deny him a shot at the Sydney test was pretty cool in his short spell and unlucky to bowl McKenzie off a no-ball.

Australia could still turn it around on Day 5 – it all depends on whether they can prise out Graeme Smith. But with de Villiers and Duminy to come, it could be a hard task. Maybe Brett Lee will turn up tomorrow like he did the last few years. Matthew Hayden will be hoping.

South Africa vs Australia Day 5 Highlights Perth Test Cricket | De Villiers Hundred

AB De Villiers: 106. Jean Paul Duminy on debut 50.
Watch South Africa win vs Australia chasing the 2nd highest ever total – 414 runs, on the 5th day of the Perth Test. If Graeme Smith set it up on Day 4, AB De Villiers was at it today with a super century – 106 n.o. Great scenes at the end for a team that has messed up so many times over the years.

Kallis with his surprisingly attacking strokeplay yesterday made a useful 57. The main attraction today however was Jean Paul Duminy who came into this test in place of the injured Ashwell Prince. It’s quite remarkable – the similarities between the two. I remember Ashwell’s debut against Australia – the Aussies had piled on a mammoth 1st innings total and while South Africa disintegrated, Prince scored a brilliant 40 odd. Once Duminy settled in, he took on the role of the aggressor, while De Villiers played a I’m-not-going-to-get-out-of-this-place-until-I-see-it-through.

South Africa vs Australia Day 5 Highlights Perth Test Cricket | De Villiers Hundred

AB De Villiers: 106. Jean Paul Duminy on debut 50.
Watch South Africa win vs Australia chasing the 2nd highest ever total – 414 runs, on the 5th day of the Perth Test. If Graeme Smith set it up on Day 4, AB De Villiers was at it today with a super century – 106 n.o. Great scenes at the end for a team that has messed up so many times over the years.

Kallis with his surprisingly attacking strokeplay yesterday made a useful 57. The main attraction today however was Jean Paul Duminy who came into this test in place of the injured Ashwell Prince. It’s quite remarkable – the similarities between the two. I remember Ashwell’s debut against Australia – the Aussies had piled on a mammoth 1st innings total and while South Africa disintegrated, Prince scored a brilliant 40 odd. Once Duminy settled in, he took on the role of the aggressor, while De Villiers played a I’m-not-going-to-get-out-of-this-place-until-I-see-it-through.