Another hour, 1 more session: How Bavuma inspired South Africa's win in Gqeberha

Temba Bavuma revealed how South Africa used his knock in Gqeberha as inspiration to knock off Australia in the second Test and level the series. Bavuma scored 179 to rescue the Proteas in the first innings and set up the win.

"That innings is definitely right at the top as one of my best knocks. I think we saw throughout the day that batting was quite difficult, especially against the new ball. So, I think to be able to perform, to be able to get the team in a very competitive position, I take a lot of pride in that."

A proud Temba Bavuma rated his knock in Gqberha as the best of his career and rightfully so. The Proteas were reeling at 98 for five on Day 2 when Bavuma played an innings of a lifetime to push them to 425. He got stubborn support from Marco Jansen and Simon Harmer to pull it off and scored 179 runs.

And once South Africa found themselves in a position of control, there were a few things standing in their way. One was Travis Head and Scott Boland's resistance. Then came the threat of rain, which was a big possibility to ruin their chances of winning.

But Bavuma and his side found inspiration from his own knock to defy the odds. It was all about taking things one hour and one session at a time. Just play good old Test cricket. And the result was South Africa securing one of their best wins in recent times, beating the Aussies by an innings and 31 runs.

"I think it's just basically to try to stay in the moment, right? Like, I think when we were batting, for me, it was all about how we can extend it, how we can go another hour."

"Another hour becomes a session. How we can make sure we keep them on their feet, because we know how that does have an effect. And then, once the opportunity is there, we'll be calling on us to be a lot more ruthless and take that."

"And I think in the second innings, that's exactly what we did. So I think that's how we play our cricket. I think our team, the way we go about it, we play good old Test cricket, try and wear the opposition down and then take them down when the opportunity presents itself," said Bavuma.

The Proteas skipper admitted that there was tension and drama inside the change room with the clouds loaming large and the Aussies showing steel. But once his side was on the field, they were a different side.

"The weather also wanted to play a part in the day. We were a little bit scrambling in the change room, not too sure about the weather. But, yeah, excited as soon as we got on. They made us work for those wickets, those six wickets. And, obviously everyone's happy in the change room," said Bavuma.

The series decider between South Africa and Australia will start on October 27 in Cape Town.