South Africa v Australia: World Test Championship final cricket, day two – live

Updates from the second day of the WTC final at Lord’sRead the latest edition of The Spin | And mail GeoffI’ve been interested lately in the place of the WTC, and of the final, in terms of how it’s perceived in the two major cricket powers who didn’t qualify for this match, and want to reshape the fixture’s immediate future on their own terms.Three seats down, Simon Burnton knew from the opening burst that he wanted to write about Kagiso Rabada, who passed Allan Donald on the South African top wicket-takers list yesterday while bagging five. Continue reading...

South Africa v Australia: World Test Championship final cricket, day two – live

I’ve been interested lately in the place of the WTC, and of the final, in terms of how it’s perceived in the two major cricket powers who didn’t qualify for this match, and want to reshape the fixture’s immediate future on their own terms.

Three seats down, Simon Burnton knew from the opening burst that he wanted to write about Kagiso Rabada, who passed Allan Donald on the South African top wicket-takers list yesterday while bagging five.

Continue reading...