South Africa v Australia: second men’s cricket Test, day two – live

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Updates as the Proteas host Australia at St George’s Park Play start time in Gqeberha is 10am local/7pm AEDT/9am BST Any thoughts?

Get in touch with an email My sources at the ground confirm what everyone else’s sources at the ground say, which is that it is now absolutely pouring down.

This is not what qualifies as breaking news.

This was the risk of Test cricket in October, we’re told by South Africans.

More likely to have bad weather.

In 2018, of course, this tour was played in March and even strayed into the first days of April.

Seven of the last eight Australian visits started in February or March.

But that can’t happen anymore, because that would displease the IPL, whose owners want Australian players, and would displease Australian players who want to earn the extra slice from the IPL.