- South Africa regain top spot in Test rankings
Harmer takes career-best six for 16 at Newlands
South Africa’s Simon Harmer took a career-best six for 16 as the hosts thumped Australia by 176 runs to clinch their three-test series 2-1 at Newlands on Saturday.
Australia lost Matt Renshaw and Marnus Labuschagne in the opening over and never really recovered. While Pat Cummins’s 90-ball vigil and Nathan Lyon’s unbeaten 33 in the hope of a draw delayed the inevitable, their fate was sealed Simon Harmer bowled Josh Hazlewood just before tea.