ON Thursday, two erstwhile superpowers meet in the hope of reminding the world, and themselves, that they are deserving of a place at cricket’s top table.
Across two Tests in St Lucia, the West Indies, placed sixth on the ICC’s Test rankings, host South Africa, one place and four points behind in seventh.
“Now that we’re in a new chapter we need to play more cricket, and we need to play better cricket,” said Dean Elgar, the newly-appointed Proteas Test captain. “We’re very conscious that over the last period we haven’t been very consiste...