Australia beats South Africa in 2nd test to clinch series

Spinner Nathan Lyon took 358 as Australia bowled out South Africa for 204 Thursday to claim victory by an innings and 182 runs on the fourth day of the second test at the Melbourne Cricket GroundAustralia clinched the series and will be chasing a 30 sweep in Sydney where the third and final test starts on Jan 4Tamba Bavuma topscored for South Africa with 65 although he also played key roles in two run outsResuming Thursday on 151 South Africa lost three wickets in the morning sessionMitchell Starc nursing a tendon injury to the bloodstained middle finger on his bowling hand produced a fast yorker to remove Sarel Erwee lbw for 21 at 472Ten runs later Scott Boland had Theunis de Bruyn 28 caught at second slip as cracks continued to appear in the Proteas brittle batting lineupThose cracks widened when Khaya Zondo was run out in demoralizing fashion for one at 654 after Bavuma pushed to midoff and called Zondo through for a risky singleBavuma and Kyle Verreynne 33 fought hard to add 63 for the fourth wicket before Boland 249 removed Verreynne lbw at 1285 in the fourth over after lunchMarco Jansen five fell in the same fashion to spinner Nathan Lyon 16 runs later following a video reviewBavuma was involved in a second run out theatrically turning his back on Keshav Muharaj 13 who was forced to give up on an attempted third run through cover and failed to regain his ground at the strikers end at 1747Also readAustralia vs South Africa Cameron Green ruled out of Sydney Test with finger injuryA wild slog from Bavuma was caught at midon in the following over as Lyon claimed his second victim of the innings and Kagiso Rabada three also skied an attempted slog leading to his departure in Lyons next over at 1779Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi entertained the crowd with some big hits as they added 27 for the last wicket which fell before the tea break on day fourMediumpacer Cameron Green claimed a careerbest 527 in South Africas first innings of 189 Allrounder Green also scored an unbeaten 51 in Australias reply of 5758 retiring hurt for six with a broken rightindex finger before returning to share a century partnership with wicketkeeper Alex Carey 111 for the eighth wicketGreen has been ruled out of the third testOpener and manofthe match David Warner who scored 200 in his 100th test along with halfcenturies from Steve Smith 85 and Travis Head 51 gave Australia a solid foundation before the lateorder heroics of Green and Carey allowed captain Pat Cummins to declare with a 386run advantage on the first inningsThe victory was Australias first test series win at home against South Africa since 200506 The Proteas were triumphant in 200809 201213 and 201617Starc took 162 off 18 overs in a lionhearted performance and is expected to focus on being fit for Australias test tour of India in FebruaryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever