The Proteas change the batting and the gloves for Gqeberha, Pirates face a home side playing in a third country, and Polokwane gets its stadium back.
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One heavy defeat at Kingsmead and the whole country has a team sheet in its head. A warm look at why South Africans become selectors overnight, and why it matters.
Five months out, a hamstring mended and a series to save. If Kagiso Rabada is cleared for St George’s Park, Sunday is about far more than one comeback.
Kagiso Rabada is close to a return for St George’s Park, the title race tightened while Chiefs drew again, and the Springbok Women end their year at home.
Aiden Markram batted for nearly six hours, but Josh Hazlewood’s career-best 6/49 bowled the Proteas out for 206 and gave Australia a 214-run win and a 1-0 series lead.
Markram’s 75 was the only half-century South Africa made in five days at Kingsmead. Here is why the first Test was lost at the top of the order, and what it means for Gqeberha.
Six wickets to survive a whole day in Durban, a Premiership round three days after the MTN8 final, and Banyana one leg away from the next Olympic round.
Australia declared at tea and set a world-record 421. By stumps the Proteas were 102/4, with Aiden Markram unbeaten on 45 and 319 still needed on the final day.
Every Test against Australia is worth 12 points, and with only 14 Tests in this cycle the Proteas feel each result more than most. Here is the percentage maths for Kingsmead and St George’s Park.
Matt Renshaw batted almost the whole day for a career-best 190, Australia recovered from 124/6 to 390, and the Proteas lost Ryan Rickelton before bad light ended play for a second evening running.