Dave
Mozart did not contribute to anything on this site other than to do his normal and and attack De Kock as a player. I am afraid that all of Rossouw, Abbott and Olivier will now be his prime candidates for inclusion in the team - they have reputation on their side amd are of the age of players he supports in both rugby and cricket,
There is something I have worked out in cricket. - which I call the 6:1 factor. It is relatively simple and applies when players out of 7 innings batted have 6 or in some cases 5 poor scores they become candidates to be included in that category, Since 2019 both Du Plessis and Elgar firmly established themselves in that category,
It mostly happen to elderly players passed their sell-bye dates and the latest retired player who was clearly was a firm 6:1 player was Amla. Another example of the 6:1 factor at play is Du Plessis, After a string of sub-standard performances in alkl formats of cricket since 2019 in the first innings of his latest test he made 199 runs - in the second innings of that test ge was back to his normal sub-standard scores.
I am afraid that it is time for Du Plessis and Elgar to retire in a blaze of glory before they damage their reputations further,