India, Nov. 1 -- A fantastic Test series came to an end on Saturday as South Africa beat Australia by 176 runs in the third and final game to win the rubber 2-1 at Cape Town. At the start of Day 5, Australia needed 288 to win and, considering the pitch was not behaving that badly, the visitors were in with a chance, to all intents and purposes. However, in a horrendous batting display, Pat Cummins' men fell by the wayside. Kagiso Rabada removed the Aussie top-order in the blink of an eye, after which spinner Simon Harmer played his part to a tee, taking six wickets of the remaining seven. As a result, the visitors could go as far as 111 all out.

At the post-match press conference, Cummins, while acknowledging that the day-five pitch wasn...