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South Africa took an unassailable 2-0 lead with an innings victory in the Hobart Test
South Africa took an unassailable 2-0 lead with an innings victory in the Hobart Test © Cricbuzz

South Africa completed a comprehensive victory against Australia in Hobart on Tuesday (November 15), winning the second Test by an innings and 80 runs. By taking an unassailable 2-0 lead with a Test to go, the Proteas registered their third successive series win Down Under. Starting the penultimate day at 121 for 2, still trailing by 120 runs, the hosts folded for 181 in under 25 overs.

Kyle Abbott picked up 6 for 77 to go with his 3 for 41 in the first innings for a combined match tally of 9 for 118, which earned him the Man-of-the-Match award. First Test hero Kagiso Rabada picked four wickets in the second innings while Usman Khawaja was the only Australian player to cross fifty in the entire game.

Statistical highlights from the last two days of the Hobart Test:

2005 - The last time Australia won a home series against South Africa. The visitors have had the better of the exchanges between the two sides in the last three rubbers, winning 2-1 in 2008, 1-0 in 2012 and leading by 2-0 with a match to go this time.

3 - South Africa became the third team to win three back-to-back series in Australia after England (in 1884/85, 1887 and 1888) and West Indies (1984/85, 1988/89 and 1992/93).

0 - Previous instances of South Africa winning a Test in Australia by an innings margin. The highest in terms of runs was by 309 runs at the WACA in the series decider in 2012.

South Africa's Test wins in Australia:

326 is the lowest total for South Africa for a Test victory by an innings margin. Their previous lowest was 330 against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2003.

246 - Runaggregate for Australia in this Test, their lowest in a Test loss at home since the 188 they made against England in

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