It took a little under an hour in the end; but oh what a painful hour, writes Dan Nicholl, in iafrica.com.
Nothing but heartache, screams a headline in the Star. Meanwhile the catching controversies continue to haunt the South Africans. One South African player is prepared to swear on his life that Boeta Dippenaar's catch off Brett Lee was cleanly taken and another player is equally convinced that Matthew Hayden took the catch off Jacques Rudolph on the bounce, reports Neil Manthorp in supercricket.co.za.
A hundred demons were slain at the Wanderers yesterday as the Australian tailenders took their side to the verge of victory and then completed the task, writes Peter Roebuck in the witness.
