#test-cricket

#test-cricket

It's tempting to leave this preamble there and not just to avoid writing any more words because really, what kind of people would seek to curtail the world's greatest sporting format?

Three seats down, Simon Burnton knew from the opening burst that he wanted to write about Kagiso Rabada, who passed Allan Donald on the South African top wicket-takers list yesterday while bagging five.

Azhar Mahmood stated that despite tumultuous changes, the team's approach remains the same, but recent shifts in the playing strategy suggest otherwise.

"He's just this consistent run-scoring machine, Cook said. There are other geniuses who can play genius innings, but Root is a genius with consistency."