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Test cricket! Bloody hell, eh?
Renshaw returning from a three-year Test exile to score a career-best hundred, followed by a stunning 134-run ninth-wicket partnership.
Australia going from 124-6 to 390.
Markram batting for over 200 balls, displaying extraordinary resolve.
Josh Hazlewood producing a sensational spell to register his career-best Test figures and put Australia 1-0 up.
Boland, playing his first Test in South Africa, ripping through their top three before eventually claiming a five-wicket haul in the second Test.
South Africa showing incredible fight, putting together two century partnerships after losing their sixth wicket for the first time in their history.
Bavuma producing one of the finest Test hundreds you'll ever see. A career-best knock, built on immense tenacity against a relentless pace attack.
South Africa going from 110-6 to 425.
Marco Jansen unleashing a destructive five-wicket haul to bowl Australia out for 99.
Travis Head producing a resolute hundred, with Boland showing extraordinary bravery to face more than 160 balls and keep Australia's hopes alive.
South Africa roaring back to level the series despite losing two days to rain.
South Africa making a strong start in the third Test, only for Starc's sensational six-wicket haul to drag Australia right back into the contest.
Inglis, returning to the Test side after almost a year, smashing a sizzling 132-ball hundred to give Australia the lead and the upper hand.
With just six wickets remaining, South Africa batting through the entirety of Day 4, as Rickelton and Mulder both scoring hundreds to wrestle the advantage back.
Rabada striking twice in the very first over of Day 5. And then Harmer claiming his first ten-wicket haul in a Test to seal a famous series victory for South Africa.
Every Test had drama, going into the fifth day every time. Every Test had its twists and turns. Every Test had a story to tell.
Test cricket, bloody hell, eh?
"A maiden ten-wicket haul in Test cricket for Harmer! And he has outspun Australia at Newlands! A famous, famous win for South Africa, who were 110 for 6 at one point in this game. Come-from-behind win at its best." 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
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South Africa started Day 4 with six wickets left, and a lead of just 40.
Australia looked favourites. Almost everyone expected them to bat later in the day.
A 50-run partnership followed. Then a 100-run partnership. Then two terrific hundreds under pressure. South Africa batted the whole day to set a target of 288.
World Test champions for a reason 🫡
From 335/5 the Proteas lose 4 wickets for not much ... and all of a sudden, the game has swung. Again.
Another Run-Out! 🙆♂️
Coetzee is dismissed for 1 off a direct hit as another wicket falls.
#TheProteas are 351/9 after 125.5 overs, leading by 251 runs. 🇿🇦
#Unbreakable #SAvAUS
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SIR PATRICK STEWART (1940-2026)
Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love.
We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we weren’t in the same productions. My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in 'Star Trek'. “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk—getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”. Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did for not just his devoted Trekkies but film and theatre audiences, who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes ('X-Men' of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway.
America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin. But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire.
His farewell performance in 'Avengers: Doomsday' is yet to be seen.
Ian McKellen 29 October 2026
Photo: University of Huddersfield
The Aussies are in the pound seats right now. Definitely got the run of the green today. 🍿🍿🍿
Stumps, Day 2! 🇿🇦
An eventful three sessions at YesPlay Newlands as Australia close out the day on 330/4 after 90 overs, and now leading by 1 run. 🏏
It’s all to play for tomorrow on Moving Day, with Australia set to resume their first innings at 10:30 as #TheProteas look to turn the tide in this game! 💪
#Unbreakable #SAvAUS
Yaqeen Ahmed, Sebastian de Klerk, Luan Giliomee, Markus Muller, Riley Norton, and Emmanuel Tshituka earn their first national call-ups for the Boks’ last four Tests of the season.
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Rassie Erasmus has included six uncapped players in the #Springboks squad for their Nations Championship tour next month - more here: tinyurl.com/yh99vhpv
#ForeverGreenForeverGold
"Lula’s victory is good for Brazil and its workers. It is good for multilateralism, for Africa and for the possibility of a stronger Global South.
Today, Brazil has given the world breathing space.
We should use it."
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Stumps, Day 1! 🏟️
A flurry of wickets brings the day’s play to a close as #TheProteas are bowled out for 329 after 82.3 overs. 🇿🇦
We return tomorrow for Day 2, with play set to begin at 10:30am as Australia will come out to begin their first innings. 🏏
#Unbreakable #SAvAUS
From 158 without loss (31 overs) to 203/1 (44 overs) it looked like a LONG day for the Aussies was in store. They'll be more than happy to have dragged that back to 329/10 (82.3 overs). Are you not entertained! 🍿🍿🍿
The Stormers can score tries from anywhere, but they leak them too. They're gonna have to tighten things up. A lot. 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Great win for the @SharksRugby 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
