Dean Elgar edging Matt Henry to third slip with the 10th delivery of the match was ominous ©Getty
At least it won't last five days. South Africans who have committed themselves watching the first Test in Christchurch, a match that starts at midnight their time, have that small mercy to cling to after their team's worst day since ...
If this was baseball, a game that takes statistics far more seriously than cricket, the clever people would come up with a number that quantifies how bad things are for a team who are