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Notes from Day 1 of the Cape Town Test
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Notes from Day 1 of the Cape Town Test


Notes from Day 4 of the Gqeberha Test, where Rabada got the needle moving and Mulder - briefly - stepped into the boots of Jacques Kallis.

Notes from Day 3 of the South Africa-Australia Test, where Marco Jansen scrambled Aussie brains and Pat Cummins lost his length

Notes from Day 1 of the second South Africa-Australia Test, where the home team’s selections left more questions than answers



Seven of South Africa’s batters crossed 25, but none made it to 50 - and there lay Australia’s control of the first Test

Australia surged ahead on Day 2, while Temba Bavuma looked like a man without ideas or a functioning bowling attack

South Africa’s extras, Maddinson’s long blob, Wiaan’s wickie, and Marnus and the outside edge

Wrong colour, wrong build, bullied, mocked. He went viral for memes about his height. And emerged as a leader of the highest stature.

Test cricket used to have diversity in bowling attacks, while variety was not T20’s spice. When did it all make a 180-degree change?

Cricket had to be pulled, kicking and screaming, into the professional era. And it’s still not fully there yet.
