The colour of the ball and the hours of play can change as much as they like. What will not change‚ despite everything that has happened to Test cricket in its history of 139 years‚ is that bowlers will still win matches. It was that way shortly after 1pm on March 15‚ 1877 when England’s Alfred Shaw lobbed the first delivery in the very first Test match at Australia’s Charles Bannerman at the Melbourne Cricket Ground‚ and it will be that way when Australia and SA square up in their Test series in November. And it is in those terms that Paul Harris thinks SA will have the edge. "If Dale‚ Vernon and Rabada get it right we’re going to be tough to beat‚" the former SA left-arm spinner said. That would be Dale Steyn‚ Vernon Philander and Kagiso Rabada — probably SA’s first-choice seamers‚ although Morné Morkel and Kyle Abbott would make decent arguments to the contrary. Matthew Short captained the Cricket Australia XI that had to contend with that lot in a day-night tour match at Adelaid...
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