There’s no place quite like the Wanderers when SA win a match there. That goes double when the match seals a series whitewash. And triple when it is the bowlers who do the winning. So it was — all of it — in front of the bolshiest audience in the country on Saturday‚ when Faf du Plessis’ men beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 118 runs with more than two days to spare. That clinched a 3-0 triumph against a Lankan side who‚ by the end‚ were little more than punchbags in pads. Vernon Philander and Kagiso Rabada‚ whose bowling shimmered with quality‚ deserved many more than the three wickets they took between them. But they will not begrudge Wayne Parnell and debutant Duanne Olivier their success — they shared seven wickets. The visitors lost 16 wickets on Saturday and scored only 228 runs. That is a miserable average of 14.25. It is also testament to a damn fine bowling performance backed up by outrageous catching. The most outrageous grab of the lot belonged to Du Plessis at second slip...
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