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Cape Town - Over to you now to salvage a Test series stalemate, Proteas batsmen!
Barring a near-miracle, Australia’s first-innings ruthlessness -- coupled with the loss of up to 50 overs of play to rain on day two of the final Test at Newlands here on Sunday -- has taken victory out of the equation for the No 1-ranked South Africans.
There seemed little point in Michael Clarke building much (or any?) further on Monday to his team’s brawny total of 494 for seven, despite his own ongoing occupation of the crease for 161 not out, an event signalling a laudable return to personal form and a triumph for gutsy resilience under physical bombardment at times.
