Abbott, Rabada bowl SA to series victory

'Woke up early and the highlights were on'

Current and former South Africa players rejoice at a third straight series win in Australia

Du Plessis or de Villiers: Who should lead South Africa?

Faf du Plessis has said he will continue as South Africa's captain if asked to do so. Since du Plessis was appointed stand-in captain, South Africa has not lost a match, winning their last nine games

Batting cancer cannot stop spreading

A problem of this magnitude stretches beyond the players immediately concerned. Right now, Australia's batting is driving down the value of the game in this country.

The fast and faultless pace pack

Three fast bowlers, three different approaches and common relentless discipline have shaped South Africa's success with the ball on the tour of Australia

'I'm embarrassed to be sitting here'

Steven Smith has conceded that the time may have come for "getting some younger guys in and getting some experience at this level" after Australia's crushing loss in Hobart.

Five of Australia's worst

Australia faced only 558 deliveries in losing the Hobart Test to South Africa, their fourth-lowest tally ever in Tests they have lost at home. Here is a closer look at their five worst.

The people under most pressure in Australian cricket

Australia's fifth successive Test loss, and the series defeat to South Africa, has left a few administrators and the team's coaching staff under considerable pressure

'3-0 is the mission for us now' - Du Plessis

Having secured their third consecutive series win in Australia, South Africa have now set their sights on whitewashing the hosts

Australia fight, but South Africa still in control

South Africa remained firmly in control after day three in Hobart, where Australia went to stumps still needing 120 runs to make South Africa bat again, with eight wickets in hand

Quinton de Kock's hot streak in 2016

Australia in the crucible, past and present

Australian cricket finds itself at a critical juncture, not unlike a few instances in the past, and the results of the next two days in Hobart could have far-reaching effects on the system and players

A reassuring glimpse of South Africa's batting future

Despite their contrasting batting styles, Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock showed the temperament to spend time in the middle, underlining a key difference between the two sides

Second day in Hobart washed out

No play was possible on the second day in Hobart due to persistent rain

Spectator banned for racially offensive message

The incident in question happened on the opening day of the second Test when a racially offensive message was written on a fence inside the Bellerive Oval

Sutherland defends Australian Test team's preparation

James Sutherland, Cricket Australia's chief executive said that Steven Smith's team could not blame their preparation for the poor results achieved so far this summer

Rain creates pressure on Australia to make the play

After the second day's play in Hobart was lost to rain, South Africa may be happy to slow the match down and force Australia to make the play.

Howard sends batting SOS to Rogers

Pat Howard, the Australian side's performance chief, has pointed to patience and adaptability to read to the situation as one of the shortcomings the batsmen need to express

South Africa lead after Philander razes Australia for 85

Vernon Philander took five wickets as Australia were rolled for 85 on the first day in Hobart

Australia's five sub-100 totals since 2010

Hobart joins the list of Australia's batting debacles in this decade

Philander conjures up his UK state of mind

On the first morning in Hobart, Vernon Philander had just enough help from the conditions and the batsmen to decimate Australia in his inimitable, no-frills style

'When we have a collapse, we seem to have a big one' - Lehmann

Australia coach Darren Lehmann accepted that his side's propensity for batting collapses had reached crisis proportions, and said they must improve

CALM DOWN! EVERYONE!

How the world on Twitter reacted to Australia's 85 all out

Batting nightmare through a brother's eyes

Lachlan Ferguson flew all the way from London to Hobart to watch his brother make his Test debut. What he saw caused him to rush to the exit in exasperation

Australia hit 32-year low at home

Stats highlights of Australia's collapse for 85 on the first day of the second Test against South Africa in Hobart

Australia can find a way out of the darkness

The key is for them to see an opportunity in the chaos that engulfs them

Voges, Lyon among players in firing line

Australia coach Darren Lehmann has guaranteed the places of just four members - Steven Smith, David Warner, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood - of the Hobart Test XI for the day-night match in Ad

Rod Marsh resigns in wake of Hobart hiding

Rod Marsh has stood down from Australia's selection panel, effective immediately

Consecutive series wins and maximum single-digit scores in a match

'To succeed in India, you've got to forget what you do in Australia'

Steven Smith talks about the challenges that an India tour presents, lessons from Sri Lanka, and how the side's senior players need to step up

Australia's system is broken

Injured fast bowlers, a dearth of good young batsmen, and a captain impeded by the management - all this while the team faces three big series

Collapso relapso

It was just after tea that reality disintegrated. Earlier in the day, the laws of physics had still applied. The South African innings of 96 all out had been awful but explicable. Shane Watson ha

Hobart emergency meeting response to 85

ESPNcricinfo has learned that the Australia selection panel, which was supposed to have only a telephonic coversation initially, met face to face in an emergency meeting in the wake of the Hobart loss

ICC to review du Plessis footage for possible code breach

The ICC has begun reviewing, of its own volition, footage of Faf du Plessis shining the ball with saliva, with what appears to be a sweet in his mouth at the same time, to check for a breach of its Code of Conduct

'I'm not sure what Graeme Smith knows about Australia' - Steven Smith

Faf du Plessis has distanced the South Africa side from comments made by former South Africa captain Graeme Smith on the waning fortunes of Australia

Pitfalls of Australia's natural batting game

The increasingly homogenised method of Australian batting across all formats is a growing concern, for how many of Australia's current batsmen are truly good enough to make such an approach work?

'It won't reverse that much here' - du Plessis

The weather forecast for the Hobart Test indicates reverse swing will be less of a factor than it was in Perth.

South Africa's turn to play from ahead

A wet forecast for the Hobart Test will leave South Africa having to decide whether to attack the game and try to secure the series ahead of the third Test.

Selectors look to skies for Marsh verdict

Australia will wait until the morning of the Test in Hobart before deciding who to choose between Mitchell Marsh and Callum Ferguson

Buoyant South Africa enter new territory

It will be the first time since 2004 that South Africa are playing a Test without both AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn