Speaking after the win, Temba Bavuma was happy with the team’s performance. He was delighted with the way the crowd turned up at Newlands, Cape Town, filling the stands throughout the five days, and credited the team’s bowling attack, which has impressed in this series. He called this series against Australia one of the best series that he has played.
The middle order collapsed, but Marco Jansen came to the rescue, as he played a knock of 52 runs. Mitchell Starc was the pick of the bowlers as he helped Australia make a good comeback, picking 6/72, with South Africa finishing on the score of 329 runs.
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After struggling at 181/5 at one stage for the home side, from there Ryan Rickelton and Wiaan Mulder stitched a 154-run partnership. The former scored 101 runs, and Mulder scored 115 runs as they put up the target of 290 runs for the Aussies.
After the match, Temba Bavuma was asked about the atmosphere of the Newlands ground. He thanked the crowd for turning up every day in large numbers. throughout the five days and credited Kagiso Rabada’s strong start for helping the team take control. He lauded Simon Harmer’s champion mindset after bouncing back from disappointment in Gqeberha.
"[On the strength and depth of South Africa's bowling attack] It does make your job a lot easier. I think our bowling attack, it's been the backbone of our team. So I think very dynamic within our bowling attack and I mean super, super happy for a guy like Simon. He was disappointed in Gqeberha after how he went about there. And the way that he's bounced back here speaks to that champion mindset of his."
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Temba Bavuma further added, "[On reclaiming the No. 1 Test ranking] Yeah, that's exceptional. I think that's obviously been a part of our ambition as a team. We're trying to push that standard as high as, as high as we can. And, with this opportunity that we have, we want to leave the Proteas badge in a better place. So we will definitely celebrate that milestone as a team."
Temba Bavuma said, "[Where does this win rank?] Definitely up there. I mean every time you get an opportunity to come up against Australia, you savour that. You obviously want to get the better of them and you know that you're going to work very hard. So I mean this, not just this game, but this series is one - I don't think I've been involved in a better series like that. So yeah, this is definitely there at number one."
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