Twitter Reactions: Dominant Australia crush Proteas, take 1-0 lead

Team Australia registered a comfortable 118 run win in the first Test against the hosts South Africa. The convincing win has now given them a crucial 1-0 lead in the four match Test series. Coming to the final day’s play, only the formalities were left for the visitors. They had sent back 9 Proteas players back to the pavilion on the penultimate day of the Test.

On the final day, Quinton de Kock and Morne Morkel arrived at the crease. The match could have wrapped up on the previous day itself had the Aussie quicks bowled in the death overs of the day. However, the dipping light forced the umpires to declare the light to be too feeble for the batsmen to play fast bowlers.

Australia tried their hands with spinners, including skipper Steve Smith bowling a couple of overs. But both de Kock and Morne Morkel hung in on the day. On the final day, the visitors did not take long to wrap up the innings. Josh Hazlewood trapped Quinton de Kock lbw on 83. De Kock did review, but it was only as an act of formality.

With the wicket, the Australians registered a comfortable 118 run win and now have a crucial 1-0 lead in the series. Earlier in the game, Australia had posted 351 runs on the board riding on a fine 96 from Mitch Marsh. In response, Mitch Starc’s five-for bundled out South Africa for just 162 despite AB de Villiers’ unbeaten fifty.

The visitors gained a handy 189 run first innings lead. Hence, despite being bowled out for just 227 in the second innings, they still were ahead in the game. The hosts were set a target of 417 for the win. South Africa lost their first four wickets with less than 50 runs on the board. Aiden Markram’s magnificent 143 kept South Africa in the hunt for a brief while but his dismissal saw yet another batting collapse.

Here is how the fans reacted to the Australian win:

Ugly scenes in Durban. Can only assume something very personal has been throw at @davidwarner31 for this type of reaction. Not a good look all round. #SAvAUS

— Adam Gilchrist (@gilly381) March 5, 2018

Durban is full of Indians which is good but what is not good is that the Durban pitch is also Indian now. #SAvAUS

— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) March 5, 2018

And who says Test Cricket is boring….#SAvAUS

— Jason Gillespie ?? (@dizzy259) March 5, 2018

We hate Australians! Why are they even a country! Bunch of convicts and undesirables! #SAvAUS

— Cassandra Bianca (@cassandrabianca) March 4, 2018

Hey @davidwarner31 Mate You Remember This? Why Did You Do It???? No Proteas Player Came To Celebrate In Your Face. You Are Such A Disgrace. #ProteaFire #SAvAUS pic.twitter.com/KxjUdnVg4n

— Bernard (@_Bernard11) March 4, 2018

The Wolf of Wall Street is a pretty wild movie #SAvAUS pic.twitter.com/qPgnFSxUCb

— Ryan Buckland (@RyanBuckland7) March 4, 2018

Look at Mitchell Starc being a dick. Typical Australian cricket bullshit. #SAvAUS

— Nawal 'Deshi' Rahim (@deshiknaves) March 4, 2018

Lyon charged for “ball drop” incident. More match referee action to come, by all accounts. #SAvAUS

— mark butcher (@markbutcher72) March 5, 2018

Highest batting average in international cricket…
(min 10000 intl runs)
55.60 – Virat Kohli
50.80 – Joe Root
50.55* – Steve Smith
49.10 – Jacques Kallis
49.00 – Mike Hussey
48.75 – Viv Richards
48.52 – Sachin Tendulkar#SAvAus

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 3, 2018

Starc reminding me why I hate the aussies so much…. #SAvAUS

— Mohammed Laher (@moe17laher) March 4, 2018

Totally agree Big Bird … If you are going to give it out & many times he has got close to the personal bone he has to expect a comeback … https://t.co/V2IJ37ZXCV

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 5, 2018

Congrats to @AidzMarkram and @QuinnyDeKock69 for showing amazing fight yesterday. Thanks what it’s all about!! Proud of the boys.

— David Miller (@DavidMillerSA12) March 5, 2018

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