The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events

SIMON SWEETMAN

Mainstay: Dean Elgar was the only South African batsman to show some resistance in the third Test

Is there a pattern developing here? England v South Africa, three Tests all won by a mile, but it’s 2-1. It reminds one of England v Australia here in 2015 – Tests won by wide margins but nor by the same side.
Let’s look a bit closer.
The first Test of 2015 was in Cardiff and Australia needed 412 to win with two full days to play. They didn’t make it to the fifth, being a...