Updates as the Proteas host Australia at St George’s Park
Play start time in Gqeberha is 10am local/7pm AEDT/9am BST
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Does the rain mean we’re doomed to have a draw? Not necessarily, given the speed at which Test cricket moves in this era. Even in Durban, which was an uncharacteristic grind of a match relative to many recently, they only played about 360 of a possible 450 overs. All the time lost to bad light didn’t matter, and it wasn’t a close-run thing to finish the game on day five. If wickets keep falling when we get some play, the rain may not matter. But that’s only if it clears up and stays away after this morning.
Hello all. Yes, we managed 12.2 overs yesteday, but somehow it was still quite an eventful 12.2 overs. Another chapter in the Scott Boland story, anyway. He’s a quiet testament to humility. Very odd that CA didn’t put him up to speak to media last night. They didn’t put anyone up, which is highly unusual.
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