The greatest time to be an ODI batsman in a losing team

Andy Zaltzman: Yes, that is what the era we are living in will be known for

ODIs: less is more

Mark Nicholas: There's plenty of life in the format if administrators take the responsibility for smarter scheduling and more effective promotion

The young and restless Quinton de Kock

Numbers Don't Lie: The 23-year-old is on a second streak of hundreds

Jonny's moment

Shot Selection: Philip Brown photographs Bairstow's joy at Newlands

Are England like Australia of the 1990s?

Switch Hit: Discussing England's shambolic performance in Centurion

Should England be the new Pakistan?

Two Men Out: Andy and Jarrod discuss delightfully inconsistent England, and wonder if Kagiso Rabada is ruining his life by being so good so young

Stokes' all-round brilliance

Numbers Game: For the first time since Ian Botham in India in 1981-82, a player scored 350-plus runs and took 12 or more wickets in an overseas Test series

The joy of stupendous Stu

Andy Zaltzman's stats-tinged look at a bona fide agent of destruction

Amla's ideal

Mark Nicholas: Why his decision to quit for the greater good and for personal harmony is brave and smart

Bethuel's baby

Firdose Moonda speaks to the man who has taken over as head groundsman at the Wanderers

No real home advantage for South Africa

Numbers Don't Lie: The hosts' vulnerability at home could make the England series just as competitive as the previous ones

A bowling paradise where AB and Amla thrive

Numbers Game: Batting is always a challenge in South Africa, but their two top batsmen find it easy

The case for Compton

The question of who should be Alastair Cook's Test opening partner remains unanswered. But there remains one outstanding candidate for the job in South Africa, says George Dobell