South Africa resilient on final day

What a test match!

This test match was designed for those who think test match is dead after twenty20 has come into existence. This was a match which looked to be going Australia's way with 5 wickets of South Africa already down after the end of the fourth day's play yesterday.It took some brilliance by Faf Du Pleiss and some resilience by Jaques Kallis to help them go through the day without loosing.South Africa ended the final day loosing 8 wickets and ending this thriller in a draw. Below are the highlights of the day along with the scorecard.

Highlights of the day:

South Africa:

Faf du Plessis - 110(376)*

Australia:

Peter Siddle - 4 Wickets

Nathan Lyon - 3 Wickets

Scorecard:

South Africa(2nd innings) Batting	248-8 (148)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Alviro Petersen	b Siddle	24	62	3	0	38.71
*Graeme Smith	c Ponting b Hilfenhaus	0	2	0	0	0
Hashim Amla	c Clarke b Lyon	17	28	4	0	60.71
Jacques Rudolph	c Cowan b Lyon	3	34	0	0	8.82
AB de Villiers	b Siddle	33	220	0	0	15
Faf du Plessis	not out	110	376	14	0	29.26
Jacques Kallis	c Cowan b Lyon	46	110	6	0	41.82
Dale Steyn	c Quiney b Siddle	0	28	0	0	0
Rory Kleinveldt	b Siddle	3	17	0	0	17.65
Morne Morkel	not out	8	12	2	0	66.67
Imran Tahir
Extras: 4 b:1 lb:1 nb:1 w:1
Total: 248-8 (148) | Curr. RR: 1.68
FOW:*Graeme Smith (3-1, 1), Hashim Amla (36-2, 11.3), Jacques Rudolph (45-3, 19.5), Alviro Petersen (45-4, 21), AB de Villiers (134-5, 89), Jacques Kallis (233-6, 128.1), Dale Steyn (234-7, 137.5), Rory Kleinveldt (240-8, 144)

Australia(2nd innings) Bowling	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
Ben Hilfenhaus	34	16	65	1	0	0	1.91
Peter Siddle	33	15	65	4	1	0	1.97
*Michael Clarke	18	5	34	0	0	0	1.89
Nathan Lyon	50	31	49	3	0	0	0.98
David Warner	6	0	29	0	0	0	4.83
Rob Quiney	6	3	4	0	0	1	0.67
Ricky Ponting	1	1	0	0	0	0	0