Not since 2010 have SA won all five matches in a bilateral short format series‚ and not since 2005 in a one-day rubber.Both times the victims of those hidings have been West Indies‚ who are also the only team SA have beaten 5-0 in a test series — in SA in 1998-99.Incredibly‚ the mighty Australians are in danger of becoming the only other entry on this index of ignominy.That will happen should SA win the fifth ODI at Newlands on Wednesday.But does it matter much to a team who won the series last Wednesday?"It’s important and it’s definitely what we as a team are trying to do‚" SA captain Faf du Plessis said on Tuesday."Four-nil is already unbelievable‚ and if that was the end of the series I’d be very happy. But 5-0 has never been done against Australia."So it’s something that we as team really want to do. We want to go places where no other SA team have been."We want to reach higher levels and achieve greater things than anyone else."And that’s a SA team stripped of the injured AB d...
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