Adelaide — The last time Faf du Plessis played cricket in Adelaide, he was hailed as a hero across Australia. When he leads SA in the third Test on Thursday, he will be the nation’s newest villain. Du Plessis’ only game in Adelaide to date was his Test debut in November 2012. After scoring 78 in the first innings, he regaled even the hard-nosed Aussie media with his story of how he tripped while going down the dressingroom stairs on his way to the crease, lost a boot and feared he may be timed out. "I had to kneel in front of the whole crowd, while they were abusing me from both sides," Du Plessis said then. "They were much better when I came back." No chance of that happening this time. Any sight of Du Plessis is likely to bring out the worst in a crowd who will know only too well that SA’s captain was found guilty of ball-tampering on Tuesday. And for the second time in four years. Or, as a waitress said in a restaurant just across the Torrens River from the modern magnificence of...
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