The Australia tour of South Africa: A walk to remember

#2 Renaissance of South Africa as a team

South Africa is altogether a different team when it comes to the longer format.

After the thrashing by 5-1 and 2-1 in ODI and T20 series by India, the stakes were high for South Africa before the series. The notable feature of the series was that the senior players of the South African team were back after being injured. Despite that, the loss of their spearhead pace bowler Dale Steyn before this series was a big blow for the hosts. But boy! Faf du Plessis did a commendable job by getting the team together especially after the defeat in the first Test match.

Whereas, his counterpart Steve Smith was unable to get his team together after the first match. The Australian side never looked like the team which a few months ago defeated England in the Ashes. The current Test side lacked luster in their performance and was incompetent when it came to giving a tough competition with either bat or ball.