Kyle Abbott bowled SA to a stirring victory over Australia in the second Test at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Tuesday‚ then struggled to believe what he had just done. "We never thought we would get close to bowling them out in a session‚" said Abbott‚ who took 6/77 in Australia’s second innings to complete a match haul of 9/118. Abbott’s accurate‚ penetrative bowling was the major reason SA were able to be done and dusted‚ winning by an innings and 80 runs‚ half an hour before lunch on the fourth day of a match in which the entire second day was lost to rain. Tuesday’s triumph followed SA’s 177-run win in the first Test at the WACA‚ to clinch the series 2-0. "From the start of the Test we speak about winning in the last session‚ taking it deep and being patient‚" Abbott said. "So when things speed up like that it is rewarding. "But we bowled really well (on Monday) evening and that was our investment session for (Tuesday) morning. "We knew we were one or two balls away from cracking...
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