No doubt there will be plenty of sandpaper jokes doing the rounds over the next few days, especially when the Australians reach Newlands for the third T20 International.

But the memories won’t be mixed for just Steve Smith and David Warner. They will also be mixed for the majority of this country’s 300-plus professional cricketers...

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