Updated On: 30 December, 2022 08:28 AM IST | Melbourne | AP
Australia beat South Africa by an innings and 182 runs at Melbourne to lead three-match Test series 2-0; skipper Pat Cummins praises the incredible achievements of his injury-hit team

Australia players celebrate a South African wicket yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
Australia captain Pat Cummins praised the “incredible achievements” of his injury-hit team after the home side beat South Africa by an innings and 182 runs in the second Test on Thursday, clinching the three-Test series 2-0.
Resuming on 15-1 in their second innings and needing 386 to make Australia bat again, the Proteas were bowled out for 204 at tea on Day Four, crashing to their biggest defeat in a Test in Australia. That eclipsed the previous unwanted record of a defeat by an innings and 163 runs in Brisbane in December 1931.