Perth — That is not SA out there on the Waca’s green turf playing Australia in the first Test. It is SA 2.0 — a team determined to reinvent themselves for a future that measures up to a superb past. "The record we had away from home was remarkable," Faf du Plessis said on Wednesday. "It was by a long way the best by a touring team. "That was something we were incredibly proud of. That changed. We went to India and we lost 4-0 there." In fact, SA lost three Tests in India last season and drew the remaining one. But it probably felt like 4-0, especially as they came home only to endure a 2-1 loss to England. And that after starting the season ranked No1, an accolade earned with significant input from the by then retired Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher. It did not help that Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander spent most of 2015-16 out with injury and that the captaincy passed from Hashim Amla to AB de Villiers in the throes of the England series. All of which added up to SA s...
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