Well done to Clarke and his crew. I'll bet Pup was having a few nervous moments about the timing of his declaration, if it had've been a draw a few boots up the bum might've been called for. But they won, in a fabulous, tough, enthralling test at that.
I reckon that's about as good as it's ever going to get for this lot. I'd wager we won't see Haddin, Harris, Rogers and Watson together again in the Australian cricket team. Haddin and Rogers will be marked severely if/when they suffer a drop in form, Harris will take some time to recover from his medical procedures and may never be the same bowler again while Watson, well, you all know my feelings about Shane: off to the Sheffield Shield for five matches with NO physical breakdowns before he's even looked at for future test selection.
My wife's an astute and fervent cricket follower, almost as fervent as me. She remarked the Saffers play cricket like us: hard and no quarter asked or given. Very true. Your remark, whatty, smacks of sour grapes when looked at in the total picture of this series. I don't think I've ever seen a bowler work over a batsman like Morkel did to Clarke in this test's first innings, possibly the Windies at their peak but they didn't concentrate on one batsman. Clarke had every right to respond to Morkel's physical attack, but didn't. Yet any "provocation" the Aussies directed to SAf causes offence leading us to a "position as the most hated team in test cricket". In my opinion that position's Pakistan's by default unless others prove more worthy of the title. Get a grip, whatty.