tossed full outside off, struck away with a blazing cover drive for the winning runs
Australia vs South Africa, 3rd Test at Sydney, Jan 02 2006 - Ball by Ball Commentary
So Australia wins the Test by taking full advantage of Graeme Smith's generous last day declaration
And consequently take the series two nil
South Africa could feel a bit hard done by: with most of day four lost to rain, they were forced into a situation where they had to risk losing a match that they had controlled so much of in order to have a chance of winning
And on a pitch that had remained in tact under overcast skies all match, it was always going to be difficult to defend such a moderate target
The South African bowling on the final day was pedestrian at best, and rarely anything that troubled two of the best batsman in the world in Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden
charges down the track to drive to the long off fielder
steps down the track to drive through wide mid on
tossed full outside off, driven to cover where the fielder gets to it but can't stop a run
back to a shortish ball, cut to cover
full flighted delivery, driven back down the pitch
flighted full, played to mid wicket
stretches forward to defend
short outside off, cut to point
steps down the track to work through mid wicket
forward to defedn to the on side
advances down the track, miscued push at the ball, deflects through cover
gets forward to drive back to the bowler
driven to mid on
defended to the on side
forward to defend
played to the off side
worked through mid wicket
played to mid wicket
flighted full, driven to mid on