END OF MATCH South Africa - 311 from 97.5 overs (RR 3.17) Dean Elgar - 141* (284) Aiden Markram - 0 (11) Hashim Amla - 31 (87) AB de Villiers - 64 (95) Faf du Plessis - 5 (14) Temba Bavuma - 1 (12) Quinton de Kock - 3 (11) Vernon Philander - 8 (23) Keshav Maharaj - 3 (7) Kagiso Rabada - 22 (42) Morne Morkel - 4 (4) Mitchell Starc - 1/81 (21 overs) Josh Hazlewood - 2/59 (23 overs) Nathan Lyon - 2/43 (19.5 overs) Pat Cummins - 4/78 (26 overs) Mitchell Marsh - 1/26 (7 overs) Steve Smith - 0/0 (1 over) Australia - 255 from 69.5 overs (RR 3.65) David Warner - 30 (14) Cameron Bancroft - 77 (103) Usman Khawaja - 5 (22) Steve Smith - 5 (18) Shaun Marsh - 26 (63) Mitchell Marsh - 5 (22) Tim Paine - 34* (84) Pat Cummins - 4 (40) Mitchell Starc - 2 (5) Nathan Lyon - 47 (38) Josh Hazlewood - 10 (14) Vernon Philander - 2/26 (15 overs) Kagiso Rabada - 4/91 (20.5 overs) Morne Morkel - 4/87 (21 overs) Keshav Maharaj - 0/35 (12 overs) Temba Bavuma - 0/10 (1 over) South Africa - 373 from 112.2 overs (RR 3.32) Dean Elgar - 14 (23) Aiden Markram - 84 (145) Hashim Amla - 31 (80) AB de Villiers - 63 (136) Faf du Plessis - 20 (44) Temba Bavuma - 5 (4) Quinton de Kock - 65 (97) Vernon Philander - 52* (79) Kagiso Rabada - 20 (46) Keshav Maharaj - 5 (14) Morne Morkel - 6 (7) Mitchell Starc - 1/98 (23 overs) Josh Hazlewood - 3/69 (25.2 overs) Pat Cummins - 3/67 (27 overs) Nathan Lyon - 3/102 (25 overs) Steve Smith 0/6 (1 over) Mitch Marsh - 0/26 (5 overs) Australia - 107 from 39.4 overs (RR 2.69) David Warner - 26 (64) Cameron Bancroft - 32 (67) Usman Khwaja - 1 (9) Steve Smith - 7 (21) Shaun Marsh - 0 (1) Mitchell Marsh - 16 (28) Tim Paine - 9* (27) Pat Cummins - 0 (1) Mitchell Starc - 7 (14) Nathan Lyon - 0 (0) Josh Hazlewood - 5 (6) Kagiso Rabada - 1/31 (12 overs) Vernon Philander - 0/17 (6 overs) Morne Morkel - 5/23 (9.4 overs) Keshav Maharaj - 2/32 (12 overs) South Africa won the match by 322 runs South Africa lead the 4 match series 2-1
No more than they deserve Should've just forfeited the series, Would've been less painful than watching that **** they just dished up Don't bother with the last test and get these pric*s home Well done on the win SA
Smith and Stark doing next to nothing this series. No surprise really as it's not flat track bullying over there. Playing classy opposition that challenges you unlike the poms or kiwis on our decks.
Am a bit shattered by all of this, was a Smith fan long before captain, hard to believe that anyone in that position would attempt such a thing, I believe whole team/squad new as well as the coach. Suspensions, sackings and fines will result but damage will last a long long time.
Ball tampering is considered on the lower end of offences. I,ve been searching punishments for ball tampering. Faf Du Plessis got a fine. Michael Atherton got a fine. Sri Lankan fast bowler in 2017 got a 75% match fee fine. Worst case sanction seems to be 1 match suspension. I don't like that this happened, but I think the whole national shame thing is over the top. Everyone else gets a slap on the wrist for this.