SA WILL reel off a hattrick of wins against Australia? Without the injured AB de Villiers? With Russell Domingo, a coach who, apparently, doesn’t know what he is doing? Yeah, right.Next you will tell us Donald Trump is being taken seriously as a US presidential candidate.But that is just how SA’s one-day series against the Aussies is panning out.Having won at Centurion on Friday and at the Wanderers on Sunday, the home side put the series trophy in the cabinet with an epic victory at Kingsmead on Wednesday.Australia’s 371/6 was the fifth-highest total racked up by the Australians in their 886 matches in the format, and the fifth-highest made against SA in their 562 ODIs. It was also the biggest innings in the 43 ODIs played in Durban.Until, that is, the Proteas replied with 372/6."To win a game like that when you’re supposed to lose, down and out, and you have someone put their hand up and take you across the line, is as good as it gets," SA captain Faf du Plessis said. That someone...
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