'Un-Australian' – Warner tears into former side after SA charge to win

Australia crumble under the pressure of a final-day chase as South Africa charge to a famous Test and series victory. Kagiso Rabada took three wickets in the first half an hour to put South Africa on their way to victory David Warner labelled Australia "terrible", "utterly disgraceful" and "un-Australian" as his former side crumbled under the pressure of a final-day chase and allowed South Africa to charge to a famous Test and series victory in Cape Town. Chasing 288 to win an enthralling contest themselves, Australia lost two wickets in the first over bowled by Kagiso Rabada and never recovered. Rabada was irresistible, also adding the key wicket of Travis Head caught at slip in a superb first spell to become the fastest bowler to 350 Test wickets.
But Australia played a part in their own downfall, with Josh Inglis run out for four after inexplicably being called through by Cameron Green. That opened the door to spinner Simon Harmer, who had Alex Carey caught reverse sweeping with just two to his name and Cooper Connolly caught behind for a two-ball duck. At 60-7 at lunch, former opener Warner, who retired from Test cricket in January 2024, tore into his former team-mates. "It is terrible," he said on Fox Sports. "It is un-Australian. There is no fight whatsoever. It is
Source & Attribution
This One Place News story was acquired from bbc.co.uk. OPN retains the source link and provenance for newsroom review.
Filed Under
Sports
