Warner's defiant message after Aussie series win

David Warner has downplayed suggestions adjacent week's New Year's Test volition beryllium his last 1 aft a ascendant show successful his 100th match.

Despite coming into the 2nd Test against South Africa nether a upland of pressure, Warner played 1 of the champion knocks of his career, and was named the subordinate of the lucifer for his 255-ball innings of 200.

Such was Australia's dominance that Warner astir outscored the Proteas successful some innings, arsenic Australia ran retired winners by an innings and 182 runs.

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Following the match, Warner was asked astir whether this would beryllium his past Boxing Day Test and offered an absorbing response.

"You ne'er know," helium said.

Warner roared to beingness with a double-century pursuing an uncharacteristic thin spot passim the twelvemonth (Cricket Australia via Getty Imag)

"I've evidently committed to playing adjacent year's (Twenty20) World Cup. If I'm inactive feeling arsenic acceptable arsenic I tin past I'll support going for arsenic agelong arsenic I can.

"If I get that pat connected the shoulder, past I'm going to person to go."

As awesome arsenic Australia has been truthful acold successful the series, South Africa has been arsenic disappointing.

The tourists were blasted for a deficiency of professionalism aft being throttled astatine the MCG to suffer their archetypal bid successful Australia since the summertime of 2005-06.

Despite the bid being billed arsenic a imaginable epic, the Proteas lasted conscionable a combined six days successful the archetypal 2 Tests, with Australia securing an unassailable 2-0 pb with the New Year's Test astatine the SCG to travel adjacent week.

Warner was named the Player of the Match aft becoming the 2nd antheral to people a treble ton successful his 100th Test (Daniel Pockett via Getty Images)

Australia was ruthless successful exposing the frailties of a young South African line-up, punishing each mistake made by the tourists en way to a 4th consecutive Test triumph of the summer.

Facing a second-innings shortage of 386 runs, South Africa did itself nary favours connected time four, with its apical scorer Temba Bavuma moving retired 2 teammates successful calamitous fashion.

Bavuma archetypal burnt Khaya Zondo successful the opening league with what was a suicidal effort astatine a speedy azygous earlier moving retired Keshav Maharaj successful what should've been an easily-run three.

Maharaj's run-out near the commentary squad successful disbelief.

"That is conscionable a calamity," erstwhile New Zealand keeper Ian Smith said connected Fox Cricket's coverage. "Just dreadful cricket, honestly."

Bavuma ran retired 2 of his teammates connected time four, leaving the commentary squad connected manus stunned (Quinn Rooney via Getty Images)

Former Australian batter Mark Waugh labelled the moving "amateur hour".

"That's not bully capable astatine Test level. That's conscionable not bully enough," helium said.

To marque matters worse for the tourists, Bavuma fell conscionable minutes aboriginal for 65 pursuing an ill-advised slog effort against Nathan Lyon.

South African skipper Dean Elgar did not mince his words pursuing the innings and 182-run loss.

"We person to travel up to velocity to the strength Test cricket deserves. We were bully successful periods, but it is not a lot," helium said.

"The inexperience is hitting america hard. We person mislaid a batch of batters successful the past fewer years.

"There is opportunities for guys to marque their spots their own, but the inexperience is hurting us."

Former Australian skipper Mark Taylor suggested that South Africa's batters' issues were two-fold.

"I thought Australia was ever going to beryllium the favourites to triumph this Test series, but it's astonishing to spot however disappointing the batting of South Africa has been," helium told Wide World of Sports.

"They're truly showing wherefore it's lone been Dean Elgar who's scored much than 1 Test hundred.

"There's immoderate method problems determination and besides immoderate intelligence problems successful presumption of putting unneurotic a Test lucifer innings against prime bowling, being capable to spell done the gears and find a mode of manufacturing a agelong innings that turns into a hundred."

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