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AUS vs SA 3rd Test: Simon Harmer scripts history, becomes second South African spinner to achieve THIS feat

Updated On: 01 November, 2026 06:19 PM IST | Sujay Shivalkar

In the third Test match against Australia, South Africa's Simon Harmer achieved a huge feat. Here's all you need to know (Pics: AFP/File Pic)

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Simon Harmer (Pic: AFP)
Simon Harmer (Pic: AFP)
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In the third Test match against Australia, South Africa secured a win by 176 runs at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town (Pic: AFP)
In the third Test match against Australia, South Africa secured a win by 176 runs at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town (Pic: AFP)
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In Australia's first innings, South Africa's spinner Simon Harmer returned with the figures of four wickets for 104 runs in 37 overs. Later in the second essay, he bagged six wickets for 16 runs in 21.1 overs (Pic: AFP)
In Australia's first innings, South Africa's spinner Simon Harmer returned with the figures of four wickets for 104 runs in 37 overs. Later in the second essay, he bagged six wickets for 16 runs in 21.1 overs (Pic: AFP)
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With this, he became only the second South African spinner and the first since the team's re-admission in international cricket to take a ten-wicket haul on home soil (Pic: AFP)
With this, he became only the second South African spinner and the first since the team's re-admission in international cricket to take a ten-wicket haul on home soil (Pic: AFP)
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Way back in 1957, Hugh Tayfield was the first South African spinner to take a ten-fer on home soil against England at Johannesburg, with figures of 4/79 and 9/113 across both the innings (Pic: File Pic)
Way back in 1957, Hugh Tayfield was the first South African spinner to take a ten-fer on home soil against England at Johannesburg, with figures of 4/79 and 9/113 across both the innings (Pic: File Pic)
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Harmer is also the first-ever South African spinner with a ten-wicket haul at Cape Town (Pic: AFP)
Harmer is also the first-ever South African spinner with a ten-wicket haul at Cape Town (Pic: AFP)

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