Australia tour of South Africa 2018

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Standard Bank Proteas captain, Faf du Plessis, says it is time for his team to make a bold statement with performances in the second Sunfoil Test match against Australia starting at St George’s Park on Friday. Du Plessis says the team will continue with the ‘positive’ brand of cricket that has been synonymous with his captaincy reign, a tried and tested formula that has achieved results in the past.

“ It is a big game for us,” he said in Port Elizabeth on Thursday. “ We have to make sure that our cricket does the talking. We have spoken behind closed doors about the lessons we have learnt and about trying to improve them. It is big for us, we need to make sure we get back into the series 1-1.

“ As a captain of the team we don’t look to push that line,” he said. “ We don’t look to find the grey areas. We try to play a positive brand of cricket with good body language and the type of intensity where you look the guy in the eye and you let them know that you are there to play and compete. We are not a team that flirts with that line when it comes to vocals, we want the cricket to do the talking.

“I have a lot of respect for every team that we play against,” he explained. “ The style of play that the team comes with is probably the style of play that they believe they need to play with. When you play against New Zealand, they are the nice guys and are friendly, they don’t believe they need to play like that. They are a team that gets results in the way that they play. We are similar as a team. As a captain I don’t see much value in what you say on the field making an impact on the performances that you do have as a team.”

The captain plays in his 50th Test match for South Africa, joining Hashim Amla (114), AB de Villiers (111) Vernon Philander (51) and Morne Morkel (84) in the current squad to have achieved the feat. The milestone will be the ideal reminder for Du Plessis – and the rest of the senior players – of the importance of making their experience and expertise count in the big moments.

“I will be the first guy to always say that in big series you need your big players to stand up,” he said. “ There is no doubt about the fact that the big players didn’t perform in the first Test and that is the reason why Australia won it. It is that simple for me. It’s not about relying on the youngsters to perform, we need everyone to step up to the plate, especially in big games, but you need your senior players to score the runs.”

The Proteas return to a happy hunting ground in St George’s Park, where they haven’t lost a match since 2007. The Proteas beat Australia by 231 runs the last time the two teams met at the venue in 2014.

 

[Ab Fan]

Standard Bank Proteas captain, Faf du Plessis, says it is time for his team to make a bold statement with performances in the second Sunfoil Test match against Australia starting at St George’s Park on Friday. Du Plessis says the team will continue with the ‘positive’ brand of cricket that has been synonymous with his captaincy reign, a tried and tested formula that has achieved results in the past.

“ It is a big game for us,” he said in Port Elizabeth on Thursday. “ We have to make sure that our cricket does the talking. We have spoken behind closed doors about the lessons we have learnt and about trying to improve them. It is big for us, we need to make sure we get back into the series 1-1.

“ As a captain of the team we don’t look to push that line,” he said. “ We don’t look to find the grey areas. We try to play a positive brand of cricket with good body language and the type of intensity where you look the guy in the eye and you let them know that you are there to play and compete. We are not a team that flirts with that line when it comes to vocals, we want the cricket to do the talking.

“I have a lot of respect for every team that we play against,” he explained. “ The style of play that the team comes with is probably the style of play that they believe they need to play with. When you play against New Zealand, they are the nice guys and are friendly, they don’t believe they need to play like that. They are a team that gets results in the way that they play. We are similar as a team. As a captain I don’t see much value in what you say on the field making an impact on the performances that you do have as a team.”

The captain plays in his 50th Test match for South Africa, joining Hashim Amla (114), AB de Villiers (111) Vernon Philander (51) and Morne Morkel (84) in the current squad to have achieved the feat. The milestone will be the ideal reminder for Du Plessis – and the rest of the senior players – of the importance of making their experience and expertise count in the big moments.

“I will be the first guy to always say that in big series you need your big players to stand up,” he said. “ There is no doubt about the fact that the big players didn’t perform in the first Test and that is the reason why Australia won it. It is that simple for me. It’s not about relying on the youngsters to perform, we need everyone to step up to the plate, especially in big games, but you need your senior players to score the runs.”

<B>The Proteas return to a happy hunting ground in St George’s Park, where they haven’t lost a match since 2007.</B> The Proteas beat Australia by 231 runs the last time the two teams met at the venue in 2014.

Port Elizabeth is South Africa's forte.

 

[Bilal7]

I back SA to win the next test match.

They should hit back hard but the Aussies just have too strong an attack. That, along with their two best batsmen being on their last legs means that Australia start as favourites.

 

[Ab Fan]

They should hit back hard but the Aussies just have too strong an attack. That, along with their two best batsmen being on their last legs means that Australia start as favourites.

Aus will eventually win the series but I back SA to win this Port Elizabeth test.

 

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South Africa announce squad for remaining Test matches against Australia

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) have added fast bowler Duanne Olivier and all-rounder Chris Morris to the Standard Bank Proteas squad for the remaining two Sunfoil Test matches against Australia.

“Circumstances have forced us to name a large squad at this stage so that we can cover all possible options,” commented CSA National Selection Panel Convener Linda Zondi. “Once we have finalised our playing XI we will release players to their franchises for the final round of the Sunfoil Series.

“We have retained the 15 players who produced an excellent performance to level the Test Series in Port Elizabeth. Olivier was the pick of our bowlers for South Africa A in their tour match against Australia while Morris has been in excellent form in domestic cricket, taking four wickets in an innings and making more than 150 runs, including a century, for the Multiply Titans in the Sunfoil Series against the log-leading Warriors,” concluded Zondi.

Standard Bank Proteas Test squad: Faf du Plessis (Multiply Titans, capt), Hashim Amla (WSB Cape Cobras), Temba Bavuma (WSB Cape Cobras), Quinton de Kock (Multiply Titans), Theunis de Bruyn (VKB Knights), AB de Villiers (Multiply Titans), Dean Elgar (Multiply Titans), Heinrich Klaasen (Multiply Titans), Keshav Maharaj (Hollywoodbets Dolphins), Aiden Markram (Multiply Titans), Morne Morkel (Multiply Titans), Chris Morris (Multiply Titans), Wiaan Mulder (bizhub Highveld Lions), Lungisani Ngidi (Multiply Titans), Duanne Olivier (VKB Knights), Vernon Philander (WSB Cape Cobras), Kagiso Rabada (bizhub Highveld Lions).

 

[carbon11]

Proteas should try out the young batsmen zubayr hamza

 

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Standard Bank Proteas head coach, Ottis Gibson, says the return of pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada is a big ‘lift’ for the squad ahead of the third Sunfoil Test match against Australia starting at PPC Newlands on Thursday. Rabada is available for selection after he was found not guilty of the level two charge of making ‘inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with a player’ following an appeal hearing in Cape Town on Monday.

Gibson says the No.1-ranked Rabada is geared up for the match, and does not need any more motivation to perform following a busy week of legal hearings off the field.

“ We are very happy that he (Rabada) is allowed to play,” Gibson said ahead of the squad’s practice at Newlands on Tuesday. “ We believe that it is the right decision at the end of the day. He has been made aware of his on-field celebrations – I don’t want to say behaviour because he is not a badly-behaved kid- he is just excitable and exuberant at times. When you are playing the best team in the world sometimes that will come out of you.

“He is a very strong character,” he said of Rabada. “ He came out of the hearing after six hours and just wanted to practice, that is what he loves to do. We are pleased that he has been allowed to do that for the rest of the series. He has been made aware of his responsibility going forward, not just to himself, but to the team as well. He is an important fit in our team, we can’t afford to not have him available.”

The coach believes the squad will be feeding off the confidence and ‘positive energy’ from the six-wicket win to level the series in Port Elizabeth last week, despite the long break and disruptions between matches. Another positive for the squad is the return to fortress Newlands, a venue where they have only lost four out of 31 matches since re-admission.

Rabada himself will be anticipating the return to a successful hunting ground, where he has taken 19 wickets in three matches at a strike-rate of 31.7.

“ The way the series has been played, there has been a lot of good cricket,” Gibson said. “ The groundsman says the wicket here will be similar to what it was for the last match (against India in January). We expect the two teams to go hard at each other on the field and leave some of the off-field stuff off the field.”

Play is scheduled to start at 10h30 local time on Thursday.

 

[Ab Fan]

Standard Bank Proteas head coach, Ottis Gibson, says the return of pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada is a big ‘lift’ for the squad ahead of the third Sunfoil Test match against Australia starting at PPC Newlands on Thursday. Rabada is available for selection after he was found not guilty of the level two charge of making ‘inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with a player’ following an appeal hearing in Cape Town on Monday.

Gibson says the No.1-ranked Rabada is geared up for the match, and does not need any more motivation to perform following a busy week of legal hearings off the field.

“ We are very happy that he (Rabada) is allowed to play,” Gibson said ahead of the squad’s practice at Newlands on Tuesday. “ We believe that it is the right decision at the end of the day. He has been made aware of his on-field celebrations – I don’t want to say behaviour because he is not a badly-behaved kid- he is just excitable and exuberant at times. When you are playing the best team in the world sometimes that will come out of you.

“He is a very strong character,” he said of Rabada. “ He came out of the hearing after six hours and just wanted to practice, that is what he loves to do. We are pleased that he has been allowed to do that for the rest of the series. He has been made aware of his responsibility going forward, not just to himself, but to the team as well. He is an important fit in our team, we can’t afford to not have him available.”

The coach believes the squad will be feeding off the confidence and ‘positive energy’ from the six-wicket win to level the series in Port Elizabeth last week, despite the long break and disruptions between matches. <B>Another positive for the squad is the return to fortress Newlands, a venue where they have only lost four out of 31 matches since re-admission.</B>

Rabada himself will be anticipating the return to a successful hunting ground, where he has taken 19 wickets in three matches at a strike-rate of 31.7.

“ The way the series has been played, there has been a lot of good cricket,” Gibson said. “ The groundsman says the wicket here will be similar to what it was for the last match (against India in January). We expect the two teams to go hard at each other on the field and leave some of the off-field stuff off the field.”

Play is scheduled to start at 10h30 local time on Thursday.

And unfortunately, all four of them were against Australia only.

 

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Standard Bank Proteas captain, Faf du Plessis, expects another ‘cracker’ of a match against Australia in the third Sunfoil Test match starting at PPC Newlands on Thursday. Both teams have put in competitive performances to leave the series on a knife-edge at 1-1, and more high-quality cricket is expected when the action resumes after a 10-day break.

The match holds significant importance in the context of the series, victory for South Africa will ensure they finish second on the ICC Test rankings at the April 3 cut-off date and remain unbeaten in the series. The Proteas were inspired by Kagiso Rabada’s venom with the ball and AB de Villiers’ brilliance with the bat in the six-wicket victory in Port Elizabeth, and the captain hopes for more of the same from his troops.

“It is no different to any other series we have played, it has been competitive,” Du Plessis said ahead of the match on Wednesday. “ I am proud of the way our team has stood up to the Australian team, that is important when you play against them. You can’t allow them to bully you when they are on top. We have stood our ground and we will be in for a cracker in the last two Tests.”

Rabada’s availability has made the selection headache a lot easier, but Du Plessis admits there is a possibility of one or two changes to the starting XI. Chris Morris and Duanne Olivier have been released to their respective franchises for the exciting final round of Sunfoil Series matches, and a few more players could be released after the toss on Thursday.

“We have 13 (players) in mind,” he said. “ We have Temba Bavuma who is ready to go so it is between him and Theunis (De Bruyn). We also have to make a decision between Lungi (Ngidi) and Morne (Morkel) to see who will be better in these conditions.

“Lungi bowled really well in the previous game but he has a toe niggle which is why the consideration is happening,” he said. “ If he is not hundred percent it is an easy decision for us. What counts in Morne’s favour is that he is a fit bowler, he can bowl for long spells. That is important going into this Test match with three seamers and a spinner.”

Australia won the last match between the two sides at Newlands in 2014, a 245-run series-clinching victory in the last hour of day five. The Proteas, however, have recent success, having beaten India comprehensively by 72-runs early in the New Year.

Newlands is expected to pull in a jovial crowd over the week, with tickets for the match selling fast in anticipation of a competitive duel between some of the best cricketers in the world. Tickets for the match can be purchased at www.ticketpros.co.za.

The match is schedule to start at 10h30 local time.

 

[AssassinatedDevil]

Matt Renshaw, who is playing right now in the Sheffield Shield final in Brisbane, has just been called up for the Australian Test Squad.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

I suspect the 4th Test will be quite awkward.

 

[Major]

Could it be said that South Africa got the better of Australia?

Australia had been sledging and acting as the bad boys of cricekt for many year.

Then comes South Africa, where Quinton De Kock starts it off and then Rabada gets involved. A few altercations take place that really gets the Australians angry. Rabada's ban gets over turned on appeal and the South African Crowd goes after Warner.

All this resulting in the Australians to cheat and to win the match.

They get caught. 3 players along with the captain and vice banned. Coach resigns.

series 2-1, one match to go

 

[Ab Fan]

SA are yet to win a series at home against Australia since readmission.

 

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The Standard Bank Proteas are inspired to give Morne Morkel the perfect farewell in the fourth Sunfoil Test match against Australia starting at Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Friday. The 33-year-old announced he will retire from international cricket after the series, bringing a close to a 12-year career in the green and gold.

Morkel’s career-best performance (9/110) in the third Test could not have been better scripted for a farewell series, and more of the passion and resilience synonymous with his exceptional career will be on show in the final curtain call at the ‘Bullring’.

The match will also hold special significance for South Africa, a win will guarantee a historic series win against Australia at home, the first time since re-admission. Faf du Plessis wants the attention to move back to the cricket, and has urged the fans to come out in full support of the last match of the season.

“ This has been a draining series because of the off-field distractions but we would really like to finish the season on a high,” he said to the media ahead of the match. “ This match will be Morne’s last match as a Protea and I hope we as a team, and the South African fans, can give him a good send-off. We are also on the brink of making history, there is a lot to play for, I hope everyone comes out and supports the team.”

The captain has praised the character and ruthlessness from his players throughout the series, a collaborative effort highlighted by individual moments of brilliance with both bat and ball. He says the job is far from finished despite gaining the upper-hand of a 2-1 lead, but rather wants his players to play with the same intensity and hunger to close out the series.

“ That is what competitors do, they want to go in and make sure they finish the job,” he said. “ I am expressing my thoughts on what I am feeling towards another human being and what he (Steve Smith) is going through, but it won’t take away from what we want to achieve over the next five days. We are going to play the same style of cricket. That has been remarkable to see this series, how the characters in our team have stood up at different times.

“I mentioned how hungry the guys are after the first Test,” he added. “How motivated they are to try and turn over this Australian team. That has been why we have been so successful, we have stood our ground and we are leading the series 2-1.”

 

[Adijazz1706]

SA are yet to win a series at home against Australia since readmission.

This one is in the bag mate

 

[soso_killer]

Everyone got behind the team and didn't allow the Australians to bully their way around. The team fed of that, it's been incredible.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

I was thinking about making a similar thread. AB commented, after Lyon dropped the ball on him, that this would be memorable series and he has been outstanding with an avg of 88. Not a single Australian has scored a century.

Maybe this is the one time South African completely destroyed Australia? Looks that way anyway.

 

[Junaids]

I went to the First and Second Tests.

Australia lost the corresponding series in Australia 2-1 last season, and went to South Africa planning to mentally disintegrate the opposition.

At Durban the Aussies deliberately used ambush marketing to get the stump microphones turned down so that they could sledge their opponents.

And it backfired totally. FAF is tougher than virtually anyone in cricket and his team did not take a backward step.

The teams are fairly evenly matched, to be honest. But by the time Rabada’s punishment was reduced on appeal the Aussies were trapped in a victim mentality, a siege mentality, and now they have committed suicide and lost their only two international class batsmen to self-inflicted exile.

The two teams were fairly equal. But one of them tried to bully the other. And lost.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

I went to the First and Second Tests.

Australia lost the corresponding series in Australia 2-1 last season, and went to South Africa planning to mentally disintegrate the opposition.

At Durban the Aussies deliberately used ambush marketing to get the stump microphones turned down so that they could sledge their opponents.

And it backfired totally. FAF is tougher than virtually anyone in cricket and his team did not take a backward step.

The teams are fairly evenly matched, to be honest. But by the time Rabada’s punishment was reduced on appeal the Aussies were trapped in a victim mentality, a siege mentality, and now they have committed suicide and lost their only two international class batsmen to self-inflicted exile.

The two teams were fairly equal. But one of them tried to bully the other. And lost.

A very memorable series.

 

[barah_admi]

Australia had been sledging and acting as the bad boys of cricekt for many year.

Then comes South Africa, where Quinton De Kock starts it off and then Rabada gets involved. A few altercations take place that really gets the Australians angry. Rabada's ban gets over turned on appeal and the South African Crowd goes after Warner.

All this resulting in the Australians to cheat and to win the match.

They get caught. 3 players along with the captain and vice banned. Coach resigns.

series 2-1, one match to go

QDK did not start anything. If he did say something about Warner's wife, then it was in response to constant sledging from Warner himself, which was pretty evident during the match.

But yes, the saffers stayed strong, stayed as a group and old heads like Amla, AB and Faf kept them going. Australia's old heads wanted to act like they were 21 year old gangsters.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Won the fourth test by 492 runs. 3 - 1 series win and the moral victory. A good day for South African cricket.

The Aussies will be back though. They're too good not to bounce back from this complete disintegration.

 

[hadi123]

Ottis Gibson has described his maiden season as the head coach of the Standard Bank Proteas as satisfying and rewarding. Gibson takes pride in the squad performances across the formats throughout the summer, which included series wins against Bangladesh – in all formats – and Test wins against India and Australia.

Gibson’s tenure started in fairy-tale fashion with a whitewash across the formats against Bangladesh in September, but the biggest test was always going to be against India and Australia.

“I’m very satisfied,” he said after the historic win at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium on Tuesday. “To win these two series (India and Australia), especially this one with all the other noise that has been going on is quite rewarding.

“I have enjoyed my first six months,” he said. “It has been quite an experience, we have won eight out of 10 Test matches, and we won two big series. The same way that players set goals, the coaches also set goals for the team. The goal for the Test team is to try to get to No.1. We know where we are in that space but the way the players have welcomed me into the dressing room has been fantastic.”

Gibson gave special praise to Aiden Markram ( 480 runs) and Kagiso Rabada (23 wickets), after their performances to top the runs and wickets charts signalled a bright future ahead, but key acknowledgement was also given to the senior players, who stepped up to absorb the pressure in crucial moments.

“It has been a tough summer,” he admitted. “We played against two of the toughest teams to play against. We went a different way in terms of the approach we took for the series against India, we went with four fast bowlers and six batsmen. The pitches were a bit sporty and the batsmen were under pressure to score runs, but we didn’t need 500 scores on the wickets that we had so it was ok.

“The result of the one-day series wasn’t great, but personally I didn’t mind it. I know that the cricket fans who come to watch want the team to win but from my point of view I got to see a lot of players we wouldn’t have seen if there weren’t so many injuries. We have had so many injuries over the summer so it was tough to pick the same team from game to game but we got to see some new players. In September I spoke about widening the pool of players and we got to see some new players even though we didn’t have good results.

“A Test series against Australia in South Africa, our goal was to be the first South African team since readmission to win a series against Australia at home,” he said. “That was our focus in every game. When we lost in Durban – we didn’t play our best cricket- but we knew there were three games left to play. In every game we got better as we went on and we have seen some fantastic performances from young players like Aiden Markram leading the batting and KG Rabada leading the bowling.”

The limited-overs series loss to India was the only blight of the season, but for Gibson, is it was a blessing in disguise ahead of a World Cup season. Injuries to key players gave the selectors an opportunity to widen the player pool and to the test the depth of the resources within the squad.

“I’m certainly happy with the group of players we have,” he said. “The message for all the other franchise players is that if you are performing at franchise level you have a great chance to play for your country still. In limited-overs cricket we picked Robbie Frylinck, Lungi Ngidi and Junior Dala to name a few, a lot of guys performing at franchise level got opportunities this season. I would like to send the message to those guys who have ambition of playing for their country that they will get looked at.”

The 3-1 series win has brought the Proteas closer to the No.1 ranked India on the ICC Test rankings, who they trail by four points ahead of the series against Sri Lanka in July.

 

[Harsh Thakor]

Was the recent series win of South Africa's amongst their most meritorious?

South Africa won their 1st series on home soil v Australia after coming back to International cricket.Although they conquered Australia 3 times down under they were virtually jinxed from winning a home series.against their old enemy.Strangely even after beating their old rival on their soil they lost subsequent home series.

I salute the Proteas for reviving a sinking ship after being one down in the series.Significant never has a team won a series between these two sides after being one down.It speaks volumes of their mental resilience.

However I still do not rate this performance better than their drawn series in 1994 v Alan Border's team or even their 2-1 defeat against Steve Waugh's team of 1997.The opposition was considerably stronger and the Proteas ran them close on both occasions.

I also rate their 2007-2008 series win down under as better performance weighing the strength of the opposition and arguably even the 2012 win down under.Australian cricket is hardly at it's best today and is going through a slump.It has a great pace attack but it's batting order has a tendency to collapse.The ugly ball-tampering incident turned the entire tempo of a competitive series into a one sided affair..It inflicted great psychological damage on the Aussie batsmen in the 2nd innings of the 3rd test.Overall for cricket I would hardly rank this amongst the great series played between the two sides.


India can take heart from this and arguably with more lunch with the toss could well have won one more test.

 

[CricFan2012]

Yeah, but 3-1 does not look realistic given Australia were missing four key players.

Australia could have drawn the series.

But I will still give credit to South Africa because Australia could have been tampering with the ball throughout the series and to still win it is a mighty achievement.

 

[Bubby]

I know it's irrelevant to this thread but Indian team gave a much better fight to Saffers than Australia, and could have even won the series if it wasn't e the brain freeze from Kohli in test series, let see how ODIs pan out.

 

[soso_killer]

This series is special in the sense that Australia and the English are our toughest opposition at home, especially Australia who tour here frequently as opposed to the English touring once every five years.

It's nice to get that monkey of our backs. Yes, this series win doesn't come close to the one we won in Australia 2008.
Another memorable series that is often forgotten is the one we lost 1-0 in 98 in Australia.

That was a glimpse of what Shaun Pollock could have been, before his knees gave up in 2001. Kallis saved the second Test against Warne and co with a stubborn ton after we where 1-0 down from the first Test. Pollock cut through Australia's top order in third, but dropped catches cost us victory. Australia escaped with a draw (and series) , not before Pollock took 7 though. Brilliant series.

 

[Harsh Thakor]

This series is special in the sense that Australia and the English are our toughest opposition at home, especially Australia who tour here frequently as opposed to the English touring once every five years.

It's nice to get that monkey of our backs. Yes, this series win doesn't come close to the one we won in Australia 2008.
Another memorable series that is often forgotten is the one we lost 1-0 in 98 in Australia.

That was a glimpse of what Shaun Pollock could have been, before his knees gave up in 2001. Kallis saved the second Test against Warne and co with a stubborn ton after we where 1-0 down from the first Test. Pollock cut through Australia's top order in third, but dropped catches cost us victory. Australia escaped with a draw (and series) , not before Pollock took 7 though. Brilliant series.

I feel the 1997 home series performance was as much if not more honourable.Even 2002 home series was a tough contest.remarkable that proteas never lost a series by a margin greater than one test at home.

 

[Last Monetarist]

I feel South Africa winning in Australia in 2008 was bigger, simply because they had never won there before and Australia had yet to lose their aura.

 

[Last Monetarist]

This series is special in the sense that Australia and the English are our toughest opposition at home, especially Australia who tour here frequently as opposed to the English touring once every five years.

It's nice to get that monkey of our backs. Yes, this series win doesn't come close to the one we won in Australia 2008.
Another memorable series that is often forgotten is the one we lost 1-0 in 98 in Australia.

That was a glimpse of what Shaun Pollock could have been, before his knees gave up in 2001. Kallis saved the second Test against Warne and co with a stubborn ton after we where 1-0 down from the first Test. Pollock cut through Australia's top order in third, but dropped catches cost us victory. Australia escaped with a draw (and series) , not before Pollock took 7 though. Brilliant series.

Minor correction, Kallis saved the first test at the MCG with a quite remarkable hundred while trying to play Warne from the rough outside leg-stump. It was quite stunning.

Australia won the New Year's test at the SCG where Warne took 11 wickets. South Africa definitely deserved more from that tour and could have won at Adelaide but for a controversial umpiring decision during the last hour of the test saving Mark Waugh from being given out hit wicket off Pollock.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] You know I never heard your thoughts on this series. I know deep down you respect and admire Faf and AB. Thoughts?

 

[Ab Fan]

Between 1995-2007, Australia dominated South Africa home and away both. However since 2008, things have changed now.

2008 away:- SA
2009 home:- Aus
2011 home:- drawn
2012 away:- SA
2014 home:- Aus
2016 away:- SA
2018 home:- SA

Clearly, it is 4-2 and hence we can say that in the last 10 years, South Africa have dominated Australia post the retirement of McGrath and Warne.