Matt Renshaw struck 190, his highest test score, as he and the Aussie tail transformed a potentionally losing situation into a position of strength on the second day of the first test against South Africa at Kingsmead in Durban on Saturday.
The 30-year-old, born in Yorkshire, England, is playing in his 16th test since his debut against South Africa at Adelaide 10 years ago.
In a stop-start career, his only century before this one was another big ton, the 184 he struck against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2016/17.
When bad light stopped play at 4:25pm – an hour later than on Friday – Australia could reflect with some confidence on a first innings total of 390 as well as…
Protection of Sources: Journalists in South Africa have the right to protect their
sources, although this is sometimes challenged in court.
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Fun South African Fact: The world’s largest themed resort hotel in the world – The Palace of the Lost City – is found in South Africa. Surrounding the Palace is a 25 hectare manmade botanical jungle with almost 2 million plants, trees and shrubs.
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Denmark: You have two cows. They have more rights than you.
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Van der Merwe is approached by SANRAL one day who want to build a new highway through his donkey farm. Van is really concerned with how his donkeys can get from one side of the farm to the other without having to cross the highway and risk being injured or killed. He is promised that they will build bridges the highway so that his donkeys can cross under the highway. Van agrees and gives them the go-ahead.
The highway is built and a year later the same rep goes to the farm to go see how Van and his donkeys are. He eventually finds Van under one of these bridges chipping away at the roof of the tunnel with a hammer and chisel.
\”Mnr Van de Merwe, what are you doing damaging the highway bridge?\”