“Opening batters used to be a very specialist position. What’s changed and why won’t selectors pick openers who actually open?”

“Don’t forget Scott Boland has had this wonderful career because the selectors backed him when nobody else would have thought to pick him.” Latest episode of the TFW weekly out now in your feeds.

TFW Weekly out! @norcrosscricket joins Geoff to ponder upcoming winter and the conventions of naming storm systems, as we tell ourselves that we'll talk about something other than just South Africa and Australia, then inevitably do that anyway. Listen: pod.fo/e/6f2767

“Scott Boland will be remembered forever. And what he did today with the bat typified why: fully committed, and always getting everything out of himself.”

It wasn't supposed to go that deep. But then, a nightwatchman isn't supposed to bat all day. And a team's fourth seamer isn't supposed to bowl the best deliveries. The unexpected came around in various ways in the push to the finish line at Gqeberha. pod.fo/e/6e3d15

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“South Africa weren’t there to make friends, they came to give Australia hell, and it felt that way.”

“Marnus got a second chance by 4 millimetres - so why did he do what he did next? A career is in the balance.”

Australia still has a way out, but can they resist the South African attack? Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins at St George's Park in Gqeberha. Listen: pod.fo/e/6ded03

“Temba Bavuma was the mainstay, the standard bearer, the bloke who stood up and the tree from which everything else grew in this innings.”

“The maturity Jansen showed kind of tells you there’s a future captain in waiting for South Africa.”

It would take something monumental to flip the series on its head, and the man smallest in stature stood the tallest to do just that. Can Australia come out swinging tomorrow to keep their 1-0 advantage? Listen: pod.fo/e/6d8e5c

“Boland’s accuracy is phenomenal, on a length that convinces batters they can drive when they can’t. Both his wicket-taking deliveries landed within millimetres of each other.”

There was a long wait to get onto the park, but a session of highlights followed - a blinding catch, supreme bowling, and some balls flying out of the park as Bavuma tried to drag South Africa out of the Scott Boland-shaped hole. Listen: pod.fo/e/6d304a

“What a slips catch! And nobody was more surprised than Matt Renshaw that he’d held on to it.”

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“Credit for them knowing the right times to pull the Boland lever. Lyon missing out is a reflection of how good Boland is, along with the prevailing conditions in modern Test cricket - not on Lyon the bowler.”