South Africa v Australia: second men’s cricket Test, day five – live

Updates as the Proteas host Australia in Gqeberha Start at 9.45am local/6.45pm AEDT/8.45am BST Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email “Our Test team is late-stage capitalism,” writes an unnamed Australian correspondent. “Spurts of comforting nostalgic old reliables coming good

Updates as the Proteas host Australia in Gqeberha Start at 9.45am local/6.45pm AEDT/8.45am BST Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email “Our Test team is late-stage capitalism,” writes an unnamed Australian correspondent. “Spurts of comforting nostalgic old reliables coming good (Smith, Lyon, Boland), some new-tech hopes (Head opening), but really we know its allll crumbling.

Even the banks are laying off workers.” We’re going to have a slightly delayed start because there was some rain this morning. Covers are coming off, at around the scheduled start time. The Australians will of course be very pleased by every over lost.

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