Updates as the Proteas host Australia at St George’s Park Play start time in Gqeberha is 10am local/7pm AEDT/9am BST Any thoughts?
with an email LIVE Updated 4m ago Geoff Lemon(now) and James Wallace (later) Mon 19 Oct 2026 08.31 BSTFirst published on Mon 19 Oct 2026 08.19 BST Share Key events 9m ago Preamble Rain affected day one of the second Test between Australia and South Africa at St Georges Park in Gqeberha.
Day two is scheduled to start at 10am local/7pm AEDT/9am BST.
Not necessarily, given the speed at which Test cricket moves in this era.
Even in Durban, which was an uncharacteristic grind of a match relative to many recently, they only played about 360 of a possible 450 overs.
All the time lost to bad light didn’t matter, and it wasn’t a close-run thing to finish the game on day five.
If wickets keep falling when we get some play, the rain may not matter.
But that’s only if it clears up and stays away after this morning.
Hello all.
Yes, we managed 12.2 overs yesteday, but somehow it was still quite an eventful 12.2 overs.
Another chapter in the Scott Boland story, anyway.
He’s a quiet testament to humility.
Very odd that CA didn’t put him up to speak to media last night.
They didn’t put anyone up, which is highly unusual.
The bad news for those wanting the next chapter of this tale is that it’s still raining in Gqeberha.
So the planned early start won’t happen, nor will the normal start on time, nor will anything probably for the first couple of hours.
The forecast is better later, and even yesterday we were anticipating losing the morning.
Geoff will be here shortly.
