The pink-ball preparations step up a notch on Saturday when the Proteas take on a Cricket Australia XI in a two-day tour match at the Adelaide Oval.
The Proteas women’s side have gone 4-1 down in the seven-match series to the White Ferns, after losing by 95 runs at Boland Park on Wednesday.
The Proteas bowlers have been given a heads-up by Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq, who warns that dew could be a major factor in day-night Tests.
The New Zealand women’s side have gone 3-1 up in the seven-match ODI series, after needing just 28.2 overs to see off the Proteas’ 194 in Paarl on Monday.
The Proteas are considering returning to the old days and fielding an all-pace attack in perhaps two of the three Tests in Australia.
India look to end to their TV-umpire boycott ahead of their five-match Test series against England starting in November.
Defending champions, the Titans tasted defeat again as they lost by six wickets to the Warriors at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth.
The Proteas women crashed to a nine-wicket defeat in the third ODI against New Zealand in Kimberley on Thursday.
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Australia have lost 5-0 for the first time ever in an ODI series, after the Proteas beat them by 31 runs at Newlands on Wednesday.
Mignon du Preez led the way as the South Africa women bounced back for a solid four-wicket win over new Zealand in the second ODI in Kimberley on Tuesday.