Witnessing Kyle Verreynne smash a shot past the covers and confirming that the ICC Test Mace would come to the Rainbow Nation was a relief from decades of pain and the realization of a dream that many people had held but had not yet realized.

Aiden Markram has been dropped twice by South Africa in his test career. It’s his own fault. Markram set such a superlative standard out of the gate — three centuries and two 90s in his first six months — that when the runs stopped raining,

By Mark Gleeson LONDON (Reuters) -South Africa won the World Test Championship on Saturday, completing a remarkable turnaround to beat Australia by five wickets as they successfully chased down an imposing 282-run target.