LOL I just love seeing Australia get beat. One of the finest sights in cricket.
SA take the series, going 3-0 up after a mammoth run chase. David Miller’s stunning century helped them clinch the five-match series in Durban, after Steven Smith and David Warner hit centuries as Australia piled up 371-6. It wasn't to be enough, though, with Miller striking 118 from 79 balls, including six sixes. Andile Phehlukwayo joined in in an unbroken 107-run stand as SA claimed a four-wicket victory with four balls to spare.
I felt the tourists were emerge victorious to be honest, with Finch and Warner clubbing 117 without the loss of a wicket, before Smith's incredible 108.
Just like the previous two matches, though, Australia's inexperienced attack came up short. They started well, with SA slipping to 265-6, but Miller dug deep after appearing to tweak a muscle running between the wickets at one stage. Amla also proved instrumental upon his return to the side, posting 45 in quickfire fashion.
Elsewhere, Pakistan beat WI again - and, my word, the tourists' fielding was dreadful. I really felt for the West Indies bowlers at one stage, because they were doing all they can and were undermined consistently by their field.
Pakistan should have posted more than they did after Azar and Azham clubbed centuries. The former became just the second cricketer to score centuries in each match of a three-match ODI series with his total, and this is the second time Pakistan have whitewashed a series of three or more matches in UAE against WI.
Azhar's ton, meanwhile, is his third as captain and takes him Inzamam and Shahid Afridi, who have two each. Pakistan's middle- and lower-order struggled, in truth, with the ball getting slower and softer in the latter stages of their innings. But WI couldn't rally themselves to take advantage after Pakistan added a mere 76 runs in the final 11 overs.
Wickets fell regularly for the tourists, who struggled and posted far too many dot balls.