South African broadcasters are scrambling to find old tapes of Lethal Weapon and Rush Hour after the hosts were thrashed by India in the shortest ever Test match.
Cricket: Fans around the world universally wiped a tear from their eye as the children of the late Andrew Symonds made a heartwarming appearance during the New Year’s Test.
Questions are already being asked about the Newlands pitch, with the Test over after just 642 deliveries, beating the previous record of 656 set way back in 1932.
After 23 wickets fell on day one, Markram was the only batter who showed any resistance in Cape Town, with the opener smashing 106 off 103 balls to help the hosts limp to 176 – 121 more than they scored in their first innings.
Markram’s knock was the epitome of a lone hand with no one else scoring more than 12 as Indian quick Jasprit Bumrah (6-61) proved too hard to handle.
The result comes after South Africa won the first Test by an innings and 32 runs, with no one predicting this…
