Live: More agony for Aussie batters despite early luck against South Africa
Australia is set to play its first Test on South African shores since the 2018 Sandpapergate scandal threw the sport into chaos.
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Live: South Africa vs Australia — first Test in Durban
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It's cricket season all of a sudden
By Jon Healy
By Jon Healy
Hello and welcome to ABC Sport's live coverage of Australia's men's team's 2026 Test tour of South Africa.
The on-field action is hotly anticipated after eight years of no Tests between these great rivals on these shores, and it all kicks off at Kingsmead in Durban in an hour's time.
Simon Smale and I will be your guides through play, so let's get straight into it.
Leave us your thoughts in that comment box above as we go late into the night and into the early hours of the morning!
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