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Hazlewood Matches Warne's Durban Feat
13 Oct
Summary
- Hazlewood took six wickets for 49 runs in the second innings.
- He became the second Australian bowler after Shane Warne to achieve this.
- The record is for five or more wickets in a fourth Test innings in Durban.
Josh Hazlewood delivered a stellar performance in the first Test against South Africa, taking six wickets for 49 runs in the second innings. This remarkable achievement saw him equal a Test record set by Shane Warne two decades prior.
Hazlewood's six-wicket haul in Durban makes him only the second Australian bowler, following Warne's footsteps, to secure five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a Test match at that venue. Warne had also claimed six wickets in a fourth innings against South Africa in March 2006.
The article also notes that the best bowling figures by an Australian in a fourth innings against South Africa belong to Saunders, who took seven wickets for 34 runs in Johannesburg in 1902.
