- Proteas’ worst batting nightmare came to life in their six-wicket defeat against Australia in Brisbane on Sunday.
- SA was knocked out in two days, and the batting meekly surrendered.
- The Proteas have now lost three successive Test matches since their Lord’s victory against England in August.
South Africa’s six wicket defeat in two days at the Gabba in Brisbane was as embarrassing as it sounds.
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Here are some painful numbers from the historic loss at Gabba:
99 – The lowest total for South Africa in Australia since readmission. The previous lowest score was 128 total in their 246-run defeat in the 2001 Adelaide Test.
8 – The number of times South Africa have been knocked out by less than 200 in this calendar year. They last crossed 200 in August, when the Proteas scored 326 against England in the first Test at Lords.
3 – The number of consecutive Tests Proteas have lost since beating England at Lords in August. They were hit hard in Manchester, London and Brisbane.
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0 – The number of Tests South Africa has won at the Gabba in Brisbane. He has lost four and drawn one of the games he has played there since 1931.
17 – The number of years between the last time South Africa was knocked out by less than 200 in Australia. They were bowled out for 181 in the 184-run loss at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2005 and haven’t been dismissed for less than that since.
6 – Number of Trials South Africa have gone without a Centurion in their completed innings. The last tons of SA batsmen were made by Sarel Erwee and Kyle Verreynne against New Zealand at the end of February.
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fifteen – Tests Proteas captain Dean Elgar’s number has gone without scoring a Test Match century. He last scored one against Sri Lanka in the 2021 New Years Test and has also gone eight innings without a half-century Test.
sixteen – The number of test entries that Rassie van der Dussen has passed without a test out of fifty. The last time he scored a half century against the West Indies (75*) was in June last year, and the next highest score from him was 45 against New Zealand in Christchurch in February.
twenty-one – The number of years that have passed since South Africa lost the first test of a series in Australia. They lost the first Test of the 2001/02 series in Adelaide, drew the opening games of the 2005/06 and 2012/13 head-to-heads, and won the opening Tests 2008/09 and 2016/17.
