{"id":1083,"date":"2017-08-08T12:35:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T12:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2017-08-08T12:35:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T12:35:06","slug":"south-africa-suffer-an-embarrassing-1-3-away-series-defeat-to-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/south-africa-suffer-an-embarrassing-1-3-away-series-defeat-to-england\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Suffer An Embarrassing 1-3 Away Series Defeat To England"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"When it comes to cricket, it is pretty normal for sides to win test series on home soil and lose on overseas tours. The one team that has defied that logic for a number of years has been South Africa<\/a>, as they have proven on a consistent basis that they have what it takes to win in overseas conditions more often than not.<\/p>\n

South African cricket is changing and not for the better as the Proteas suffered their first series defeat in England since 1998 after they lost the four match test series 1-3<\/strong>. What will concern South Africa is the manner in which they lost the three test matches as they did not put up much of a fight and looked very much like a South African A side. We take a look at the key reasons why South Africa performed so poorly in England.<\/p>\n

South Africa played the first test without captain Faf Du Plessis<\/a> who stayed at home for the birth of his first child and stand in captain Dean Elgar<\/strong> looked out of place in the first test which the Proteas lost. Faf Du Plessis returned for the second test and the Proteas won that comfortably.<\/p>\n

England & Wales Cricket Board <\/strong><\/p>\n