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Australia 351 (M Marsh 96, Smith 56, Warner 51, Maharaj 5-123, Philander 3-59) and 227 (Bancroft 53, Maharaj 4-102, Morkel 3-47) beat South Africa 162 (De Villiers 71*, Starc 5-34, Lyon 3-50) and 298 (Markram 143, de Kock 83, Starc 4-75, Hazlewood 3-61) by 118 runs
Durban: Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood’s lethal combination thrashed South Africa by 118 runs at Kingsmead in Durban on Monday; take 1-0 series lead..
This was South Africa’s sixth loss in Durban in the last eight Tests. Aiden Markram’s 218-ball 143 almost saw South Africa home.
With the dismissal of Markram, South Africa fell like pack of cards.
Quinton de Kock, too, missed out his century 17 runs. Starc and Hazlewood ended shared 7 wickets while Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh ended with wicket apiece.
Mitchell Starc declared player of the match for his nine wickets in the match.
Bad light had halted Australia's march to victory on the fourth evening with just one wicket required, so it was possible that it could have taken just a single ball to end the game on day five. In the end, it took 22 deliveries.
