Du Plessis, de Villiers ensure thrilling draw

Johannesburg: First there was 438, the highest successful chase in ODIs. Now, South Africa came within eight runs of making 458 - what would have been the highest successful chase in Test cricket. At the start of the final day, South Africa needed 320 with eight wickets in hand and a victory for them seemed miles away on a testing pitch. Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers' strung together a partnership of 205, though, the highest fifth-wicket partnership in the fourth innings of a Test, to form the spine of the chase. The pair took South Africa to within 56 runs of victory. By the time both had been dismissed South Africa needed 16 runs. But with only Imran Tahir and the injured Morne Morkel to come, Vernon Philander and Dale Steyn batted out 19 deliveries to secure one of the most thrilling of draws. ESPN