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Jacques Kallis' ODI batting in numbers

Stats review of South Africa's 2-1 series win over Australia

South Africa own the bravest man in world cricket, but having Graeme Smith was not enough to secure the most dramatic of draws

South Africa have done some fabulous impersonations of previous Australian teams while winning this series, but over the past four days they have also copied the dead-rubber syndrome that afflicted sides led by Steve Waugh and Mark Taylor

Cracks have been forming all over the place during this series. For two Tests the brittleness was Australia's, but in Sydney the fault lines have been shaking South Africa

A new year comes with the same problems despite all the resolutions and promises of change

The year of the IPL also contained some truly memorable moments from Test cricket. We look back at the important numbers from 2008

Stats preview to the third Test between Australia and South Africa in Sydney

South Africa greats hail triumph in Australia

Stats highlights from South Africa's historic eight-wicket win, which gave them their first series win in Australia

If Matthew Hayden does not decide to end his career after this match, Australia's selectors must be brave enough to finish it for him

There were plenty of stats highlights on a day when South Africa turned the tables on Australia. Here are the important numbers

The one-sided day has left Australia with little chance of levelling the series in the next two days

It is a measure of South Africa's batting strength that JP Duminy was not in their starting line-up when the tour began. In a similar way that Michael Hussey's first few months of Test cricket left non-Australians wondering how on earth he had been overlo

South Africa's batsmen struggled through one of the more ferocious spells of the summer as Peter Siddle finished the day with 3 for 24 from 13 overs

At the end of a year he this week described as the toughest of his career, Ricky Ponting's outstandingly fluent 101 on Boxing Day was an excellent sign

Plays of the day from day one of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and South Africa at the MCG

Already 1-0 down in the series, and with their No. 1 ranking under severe threat, Australia couldn't have asked for a better venue to mount a fightback

Stats highlights from South Africa's historic run-chase against Australia in Perth

History is written by the victors and this year South Africa have made so many alterations to the accepted version that the past is now irrelevant