Nottingham — Not quite five minutes into Faf du Plessis’ media conference at Trent Bridge on Thursday, a man began hammering on a wall of the room from the outside. High on the wall opposite, a row of ancient bats that had the names of their former owners, luminaries such as Victor Trumper, Learie Constantine and WG Grace cast in brass above them, rattled in objection at the unwelcome racket. Which did seem rude at a county where the suits have drilled down to a level of detail that has prompted them to post signs in the media area that read, in capitals, "Psst! Please do not move when the bowler is bowling from this end or you will distract the batsman, interrupt the game and be very embarrassed." Du Plessis was momentarily distracted, but soon enough he returned his attention to the issues at hand. The most pressing of them was why someone who has played in 17 of SA’s past 20 Tests and has not missed any of their previous dozen matches in the format had been dropped for the second...
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