Updates from the final match of the series in JohannesburgAdam Collins on Steve Smith, David Warner and the futureEmail rob.smyth@theguardian.com 2.56pm BST 67th over: South Africa 216-2 (Markram 138, de Villiers 20) “The atmosphere in the stadium is getting distinctly boisterous, but very pleasantly so,” says Eva Maaten. “I guess, the SA fans are justifiably happy – Australian ones are keeping very quiet, flags have been put out of sight.”That’s an extreme reaction to a bad day, but who am I to judge? 2.52pm BST 66th over: South Africa 213-2 (Markram 137, de Villiers 18) Sayers beats de Villiers, who is still batting with a disconcerting lack of fluency. Another maiden. Sayers has put a fair shift in: 22-5-55-0. But that ‘0’ is written in ink rather than pencil.“Hi Rob,” says Ian Forth. “The thing that leapt out at me during the Steve Smith press conference was the line, ‘Sometimes good people do bad things’. In a week of getting press conferences wrong, this took the biscuit: quoting the words from Bloodline of a man who (* SPOILER ALERT *) just drowned his brother.” Continue reading…
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