South Africa's players have the "belief" they can pull off a sensational victory in the World Test Championship final, according to batter David Bedingham.

The West Indies women's cricket team overcame both South Africa and bad weather to claim a four wicket victory in the first ODI at Barbados' Three Ws Oval. A cr

If this game has been the ultimate Test, as billed by its promoters, then Australia’s increasingly fragile batting lineup has largely failed its questions.

Amla was a key cog in a vintage Proteas generation, starring as part of the class of 2012 who sealed their status as the best Test team in the world at Lord’s in a match which saw the batter etch his name on to the honours board for a second time.

South African cricket has been dealing with player exodus for decades now, due to the country’s ‘Apartheid’ policy pre-1994 and later because of Cricket South Africa’s quota system as well as the lucrative ‘Kolpak’ contracts in England.

It wasn’t the first time Steve Waugh had reached into his bag of mental disintegrators to upset South Africa, but when Waugh accused the Proteas of not caring about the future of Test cricket in January last year, South African great Graeme Smith was unimpressed.

Mitchell Starc led Australia’s recovery as the defending champions fought back with the ball against South Africa on the first day of the World Test Championship final at Lord’s on Wednesday. Day 2 live from 7:30pm AEST!

Former South African cricketer Neil McKenzie, who has played 58 Test matches and scored 3523 runs, including a highest of 226, gives his views on the South African Test cricket eco-system