Five reasons why South Africa have remained unbeaten on the road since 2006

Dip in form of other teams at the time

Australia’s domination in world cricket started coming down when they lost the Ashes to England in England in 2005, Drew the home Test series with India in 2004 and you didn’t really see the imperious Australia of old. India were still pondering over the Ganguly-Chappell confrontation in 2005 and weren’t really consistent with their performances, England were nowhere close to what they are today, Pakistan and Sri Lanka weren’t doing too good either.

But, people who came into the South African squad started firing on all cylinders and more nor often, their performances in Test matches hardly ever looked horrendous. They didn’t have a packed schedule like India have always had and that has meant more time to rest and recuperate, keep your fast bowlers in shape and have gone about their job in a serene manner away from the spotlight.

After the series leveling victory over Pakistan yesterday, Smith said, “I think we have got a lot to do to be compared with great teams, but for us to have that record away from home is an extremely proud one to have,”. South Africa totally deserve it and for me, it’s only a matter of time before they get ‘chokers’ tag off their back.