{"id":12819,"date":"2026-10-31T16:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T16:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12819"},"modified":"2026-10-31T16:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T16:40:15","slug":"south-africa-hammer-australia-as-harmer-takes-career-best-bowling-of-6-16-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12819","title":{"rendered":"South Africa hammer Australia as Harmer takes career best bowling of 6-16 | Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Simon Harmer picked a career-best 6-16 as South Africa beat Australia by 176 runs to clinch Test series 2-1.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 31 Oct 2026<\/span>31 Oct 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Australia \u200ccaptain Pat Cummins said it was fair to ask questions about his side after they \u2060slipped to two heavy \u2060defeats in a row against hosts South Africa to lose the three-match series 2-1 at Newlands on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Set 288 for victory, Australia were rocked early on and could \u2060manage only 111 to lose the third Test by 176 runs, following their defeat by an innings and 31 runs in the second match in the series.<\/p>\n

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Australia next host New Zealand, and Cummins \u2060said the series loss meant questions were inevitable as South Africa took over from them as the number one side in the Test world rankings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost two games in a row. I think it\u2019s fair to be asking questions and we\u2019ll be asking them internally as well,\u201d Cummins told reporters. \u201cWe are a very good \u200cside, but I think we need to get a little bit better if we want to get back to number one [in the world].<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe that\u2019s a change of style, maybe it\u2019s a change of personnel in some instances. We\u2019ll work it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cummins made the surprise decision to bowl first after winning the toss on the first morning, something that had been done only 11 times before in Tests at Newlands since 1889.<\/p>\n

As it proved, batting last was difficult on a wearing \u2060surface, and Australia fell to the spin of Simon Harmer, who took \u2060career-best figures of 10-120 in the match.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew it was going to be a high-scoring game,\u201d Cummins said. \u201cWe probably thought it was going to do a little bit more on day one than it did.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t win the toss and think you\u2019re \u2060going to bowl the opposition out for 100 or 200, but we thought we could get 10 wickets on day one and that would \u2060put us right ahead of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cummins said poor decisions cost \u2060his batters and that their chase was as good as over in the first half-hour of the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cChasing 280-odd was never going to be easy, but we all turned up today and saw a pretty clear path forward. I thought it was \u200cachievable, but we never really gave ourselves a chance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were a few really poor decisions. I know it\u2019s a day-five wicket, but I don\u2019t think it was drastic. There were runs to \u200cbe \u200cscored out there; there were lots of balls to face.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there are a few decisions the boys would like back. We have to get better. It\u2019s happened a few times now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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