South Africa beat Australia by 176 runs to win series 2-1
Simon Harmer took six wickets for 16 runs as South Africa clinched the three-match series at Newlands.
South Africa defeated Australia by 176 runs in the third and final Test at Newlands on Saturday to win the three-match series 2-1, according to The Tribune. Off-spinner Simon Harmer claimed six wickets for 16 runs to bowl out the visitors for 111 in their second innings while chasing a target of 288.
The victory, led by captain Temba Bavuma, moved South Africa to the number one spot in the ICC Men's Test rankings. Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took 3/39 during the second innings and reached the milestone of 350 Test wickets.
Harmer completed a 10-wicket haul in the match, becoming the first South African spinner to achieve the feat in a Test at Newlands. He joined Charlie Llewellyn and Hugh Tayfield as the only other South African spinners to take 10 wickets in a Test against Australia.
South Africa's second-innings total of 387 was built on centuries from Ryan Rickelton, who scored 101, and Wiaan Mulder, who made 115. Their partnership followed a first-innings deficit of 100 runs after South Africa were dismissed for 329.
Australia had previously posted 429 in their first innings, with Josh Inglis scoring 102. In South Africa's first innings, Marques Ackerman scored 95, Aiden Markram made 78, and Marco Jansen contributed 52.