An apology to Faf
When Faf du Plessis was selected not everyone was convinced. Three innings into his Test career and those concerns appear very misplaced.
Dear Francois "Faf" du Plessis, I'm sorry. I was wrong and boy, did you prove it in Adelaide on Monday.
Two weeks ago in this space I wrote you didn't deserve a spot in the starting XI for the second Test against Australia.
I based this on the fact that, well, you'd shown very little form with the bat in the last six months and that you'd last played a first-class match towards the end of last season. In fact, until the warm-up game against Australia A at Sydney before the first Test, your "game time" had consisted of one-dayers and T20 matches - a lot of T20 matches.