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Former Test skipper Mark Taylor has tally an oculus implicit Australia's idiosyncratic performances successful the 3rd Test against South Africa, giving his subordinate ratings.

Australia fell abbreviated successful its bid to unafraid a bid whitewash astatine the SCG, the South Africans warring for a gully successful a lucifer heavy affected by rain.

These are Taylor's Australian subordinate ratings.

Usman Khawaja: 10/10

"A tremendous innings of 195 not out. As helium did successful Sydney past year, helium judged the gait of the transportation precise good and conscionable timed his innings precise nicely. Set Australia up for a large first-innings people and to predominate the match."

David Warner: 3/10

"Only managed 10 runs successful the archetypal innings and didn't get different accidental successful the middle. Great to spot him bounce backmost successful the erstwhile Test successful Melbourne."

Marnus Labuschagne: 8/10

"Played good connected time one, helped get Australia into a bully presumption and got a quality from (Anrich) Nortje that knocked him over."

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Steve Smith: 9/10

"Good all-round Test match. Batted good for a hundred. Also caught well. Should person been awarded much catches than helium got."

Travis Head: 8/10

"Kept the crippled going guardant with the bat, arsenic helium did each series. Another beardown publication successful the mediate order. Was besides utile with his part-time offies. Will beryllium utile with the shot successful India, I reckon."

Matthew Renshaw: 3/10

"Didn't get overmuch of a accidental to contribute, to beryllium honest."

Alex Carey: 6/10

"Didn't get a bat. He's going to request to support moving connected his wicketkeeping to dilatory bowling. I thought astatine times helium struggled a spot up to the stumps."

Ashton Agar: 3/10

"Disappointing crippled for him. Didn't truly look similar getting a wicket. Didn't truly occupation the batsmen each that overmuch connected a slowish pitch. Didn't get an accidental to person a bat, either. So a hard crippled for him aft specified a agelong lay-off."

Pat Cummins: 9/10

"I thought helium had a precise bully game. Captained well, bowled precise well. His spell precocious connected time 4 was an fantabulous spell. Gave Australia each accidental to win. So a precise bully Test match."

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Nathan Lyon: 7/10

"Bowled good without luck. I was flabbergasted by a mates of umpire decisions that went against him. But toiled distant highly well, continued to inquire questions and connected different time could person picked up a batch much wickets."

Josh Hazlewood: 9/10

"I thought he, similar Pat Cummins, had a precise bully game. Very bully successful the archetypal innings. Looked fresh. Great to spot him backmost from wounded and bowling well."

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