Sydney Test, day one LIVE updates: Australia chase series sweep against South Africa

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Knox: Flavour of India makes SCG match much more than a show about nothing

And the big questions for the Sydney Test match are … actually there aren’t any big ones, only a cluster of smallish ones. Who will Australia select to replace Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc? Will Josh Hazlewood get a game? Will it rain during playing hours? What will the traffic be like?

The big question is not in Sydney, it’s in India (where it won’t rain, and the traffic will put Sydneysiders’ complaints into perspective).

In its annual dead-rubber week, Sydney Test cricket fans will again show they are the most steadfast in the country by flocking to a match about nothing. Ten-day-old ham and cake will be polished off and the country’s finest cricket ground will form a pleasant wallpaper for a fixture that has, due to its regular scheduling at the end of settled series, turned into a social occasion where 22 cricketers also put on an exhibition. Context? If anyone can explain how this match has a bearing on Australia’s and South Africa’s chances of making the World Test Championship final, the address for correspondence is below.

For the inner circle of Australian cricket, the Sydney Test has triggered a realisation. Someone has just figured out that in five weeks, the team that has sailed splendidly through its home summer will be clawing for survival in the dust of Nagpur.

READ MALCOLM KNOX’S FULL COLUMN HERE

Fans wait to enter the SCG on Wednesday morning.Credit:Brook Mitchell

How will this Test pan out?

Good morning everyone

G’day cricket fans.

Welcome to our live coverage of the Sydney Test.

It’s Tom Decent in the hot seat this morning at the picturesque SCG ahead of the third Test between Australia and South Africa.

We’ve got a fascinating Test in store. We’ll bring you all the news, analysis and colour from one of the best weeks of the year.

The Australian team pose for a photo with their pink caps on Monday at the SCG.Credit:James Brickwood

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