A sad‚ scarred shadow will hang over Newlands from the instant SA and Australia take to the field on Thursday and will remain gloomily in place until the end of the third Test. It has nothing to do with the weather. Rather, it will have to do with the fact that three key players in the match are one demerit point away from a ban. Kagiso Rabada‚ who escaped that fate on Tuesday thanks to a successful appeal of his punishment for bumping shoulders with Aussie captain Steve Smith during the second Test at St George’s Park, is the newest member of this sorry club. David Warner was signed up for screaming at Quinton de Kock all the way up the stairs to the dressing room during the first Test at Kingsmead. Faf du Plessis‚ the founder of the club‚ has been one wrong step away from a suspension since he was done for ball tampering in Australia in November 2016. Like Rabada‚ he appealed against the match referee’s decision. Unlike Rabada‚ he lost. Did SA’s captain feel the threat of being re...
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