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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 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.

Australia vs South Africa 1st Perth Test Highlights Day 4 | Graeme Smith Hundred

Watch Graeme Smith lead the South African run chase in the Perth Test vs Australia.

An improbable run-chase was given a big boost by Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla as South Africa need under 200 runs on the 5th day of the Perth Test. Earlier, Brad Haddin with 94 and Mitchell Johnson 21 pushed the target to a difficult 414. Haddin was out trying to get to his hundred with a six after clouting spinner Harris for 16 runs in an over.

Mitchell Johnson bowled well again, as did Brett Lee with a fiery late spell. Jacques Kallis uplayed a very surprising short knock to set up what could be a stunning run chase tomorrow in the company of AB De Villiers, close on the heels of India’s recent win vs England in the Chennai Test.

Australia vs South Africa 1st Perth Test Highlights Day 3

Watch cricket highlights from the 3rd day’s play at Perth – SA vs Australia – 1st Test 2008.
Scoreline: South Africa 281 all out. Australia 228/7. Australia lead by 322 runs going into Day 4.

After Mitchell Johnson’s 7 wickets yesterday, Mark Boucher played a handy knock (26) this morning- Johnson got an 8th and could have had the best ever figures by an Australian if it weren’t for Haddin running around like he were chasing his own tail.

Matthew Hayden, back in the ‘First World’ but not among the runs, got a poor decision, but should probably have been given LBW earlier anyway. South Africa got a serious grip on the game a couple of times with a bunch of double breaks – Ponting-Hussey and Clarke-Symonds. But Brad Haddin (who against Indian spinners has proved his proficiency at handling the turning ball) with Jason Krejza led a late fightback for Australia – the 66 run partnership could well be the phase that swings the game the Aussie way. Still not over though for the SA, with a couple of days left to play out.

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