Australia has fallen to a heavy defeat in South Africa and several awkward questions linger

Asia-Pacific Sports Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:22:19 GMT High confidence — 76/100

That Australia slowly folded and lost the Gqeberha Test by an innings and 31 runs late on day five was hardly surprising in light of its batting calamities of 24 hours earlier.
That Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen ran through the tail to finish things off even less so.
But it remains startling to consider the reversal of fortunes this quite disastrous loss represented for Australia.

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That Australia slowly folded and lost the Gqeberha Test by an innings and 31 runs late on day five was hardly surprising in light of its batting calamities of 24 hours earlier.
That Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen ran through the tail to finish things off even less so.
But it remains startling to consider the reversal of fortunes this quite disastrous loss represented for Australia.

Sources: ABC Australia