South Africa’s path to Lord’s has been criticised by some, but, as Harry Latham-Coyle writes, the imperfect World Test Championship final against Australia brings a chance to rejuvenate a format under

Australia-South Africa Tests may not have the hype of an Ashes series or an India-Australia duel but the two sides have produced several classics over the years

South Africa goes in as the underdog against titleholder Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord's from Wednesday.