he then top-scored with 190 in the third test in sydney to set up a large first innings lead of 270 and an innings victory. harvey alone made more than his opponents in the first innings and the innings saw him complete 1000 test runs against the south africans in only eight tests. harvey made it consecutive centuries in as many matches, with 84 and 116 in adelaide. starting with an on-driven boundary off the first ball of the last day's play, harvey's century took 106 minutes and was the fastest record in the australia since world war ii and the sixth fastest of all time in australia. with leading pacemen ray lindwall and keith miller breaking down in the match, harvey bowled for only the third time in his test career. he took his first of three wickets at test level, that of russell endean as a depleted australian attack could not defeat the visitors who finished seven wickets down.