While it may be lost in the midst of the ball-tampering storm that has engulfed the series, Hashim Amla is fully aware that SA are on the cusp of history should they beat Australia in the fourth Test that starts on Friday. Australia’s ball-tampering case has quite deservedly taken centre stage and shifted focus away from the fact that SA are on the verge of winning their first Test series against Australia since readmission. Because of their six-wicket and 322-run triumphs in Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, the Proteas have fought back from the deflating 118-run defeat suffered in the first Test in Durban. That match is less remembered for the result and the reverse swing obtained by Mitchell Starc and more for the stairwell fracas between David Warner and Quinton de Kock. Former captain Steve Smith has also paid the price for his role in the ball-tampering matter with a year’s ban of his own, while Cameron Bancroft has accrued a nine-month ban. Amla is not the gloating type, but know...
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