Bafana’s overseas players are arriving for Kenya, the Boks keep almost everyone from Turin, Bangladesh head for a first Test at the Wanderers, the Proteas are 0.79 off the top of the WTC table and Relebohile Mofokeng is home. Five things for your Wednesday.
Browsing: World Test Championship
One win each, one Test left. Anrich Nortje is out, Cameron Green is back for Australia, and Newlands, a ground that has always loved fast bowlers, decides the series from Tuesday.
Twelve for a win, four for a draw, nothing for a defeat. Here is how the WTC points system really works, step by step, with the Gqeberha Test as our worked example.
One Test down and nowhere to hide. Breetzke is in, Rickelton has the gloves and Kagiso Rabada is fit and in line to return: here is what the changes say before St George’s Park.
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.
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.
Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen and Anrich Nortje took two wickets apiece as Australia slid to 124/6, before Matt Renshaw and Pat Cummins dug in and bad light closed a shortened first day.
The Proteas may pick both Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer, Kagiso Rabada’s call could wait until Friday morning and Australia arrive without Cameron Green. Everything you need before the first Test in Durban.
Who the Proteas are in Test cricket: 137 years of history, the Lord’s win over Australia, the squad named for the first Test and the three Tests to come.