You must have often seen that once the wickets start falling in Test cricket, the wickets kept on falling. But on very few occasions it would have been seen when 23 wickets fell in 1 day. Today we are going to tell you about one such match in cricket history in which 23 wickets fell in 1 day. The opposition team was behind by 188 runs but still achieved a historic victory.
This match was played between Australia and South Africa. Australia's team toured South Africa in 2011-12. A two-match series was played between the two countries, the first match of which was played in Cape Town, which was over in just 3 days. In this match, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Batting first, Australia's team could only score 284 runs in the first innings. In response, the hosts were bundled out for 96 runs in the first innings. 23 wickets fell on the second day of this match. Only 2 batsmen could touch the double-digit from South Africa. On the basis of the first innings, Australia had got a lead of 188 runs and everyone was feeling that Australia's team would win this match. But something happened in this match that the result turned out to be surprising.
When Australia's team came out to bat in the second innings, South African fast bowlers Dale Steyn, Morkel and Philander gave a blow to the Australian batsmen. On 21 runs, 9 wickets of Australia's team fell and the whole team was bundled out for 47 runs. In this way, the South African team won the match by scoring 236 runs in the last innings. Philander took 8 wickets in this match and he was also adjudged man of the match for this.
