Just four batters -- * Zaheer Abbas (274 and 240) * Rohan Kanhai (256 and 217) * Vinod Kambli (224 and 227) * Wally Hammond (251 and 200) -- have begun with a bigger pair of maiden Test centuries than Renshaw's 184 and 188* (and counting). #SAvAus #cricket @SABC_Sport @ACSCricket

51 wickets for Pat Cummins against South Africa, at an average of just 18.07 -- the lowest since World War II. Among bowlers with 50+ wickets against South Africa, only * SF Barnes (1912-1914): 83 @ 9.85 * Clarrie Grimmett (1931-1936): 77 @ 15.57 * Colin Blythe (1906-1910): 59 @ 16.71 * Bill Whitty (1910-1912): 50 @ 17.50 have taken them cheaper. #SAvAus #cricket @SABC_Sport @ACSCricket

The famous quartette of Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins and Lyons have gone past 600 Test wickets now. No other four bowlers, in combination, are within 180 of them. #SAvAus #cricket @SABC_Sport @ACSCricket

My colleague @HusseinManack was talking on air a little while ago about Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins almost certainly being down on pace since 2018. On available data, taking only their fastest 10% of deliveries in each era: Starc: 147kph (2015-18) to 144kph (2023-26) = -3.0 Cummins: 144 to 141 = -3.0 Hazlewood: 140 to 137.7 = -2.3 #SAvAus #cricket @SABC_Sport @ACSCricket

Smith plays more Tests, so volume is irrelevant. I'm intrigued that you feel you can wave away a nineteen-run difference in their averages, spread over two years. Smith has the better career record. But right now, clearly, Bavuma is the better batsman.