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Out of words to describe the win – du Plessis
- Updated: October 6, 2016
It was hard to work out which captain was more stunned after South Africa’s incredible win over Australia in Durban.
But it was left to Faf du Plessis to sum up a result that looked highly unlikely when Australia ran up 371 batting first at Kingsmead, and even more so when a middle order stumble left South Africa needing a miracle – duly provided by a thumping innings from David Miller.
“To win a game like that when you’re supposed to lose, when you’re down and out then you have someone put their hand up and take you across the line, it’s as good as it gets,” du Plessis said. “I don’t have any words to be honest.
“I think there’s a lot of people if you asked them 3-0 to South Africa against the No. 1 team in the world, they would have possibly laughed. It just shows which direction we’re going as a team at the moment, we’ve played some really good cricket in all formats and I’m really excited about what lies ahead.
“I’m just out of words, I’m so happy at the moment because I never would have thought 3-0 would have been possible against this Australian …
