The mixed fortunes of Australia's last South African touring party
Australia's most recent Test tour of South Africa, back in 2018, sent the players on it down very different paths. Some members of that squad saw their careers take off in the years that followed. Others never got back to the standard they had shown on that trip. The tour itself remains one of the most turbulent chapters in recent Australian cricket, with the ball-tampering affair in Cape Town overshadowing the matches. A new retrospective traces what became of every man in the touring party. The picture it paints is uneven: a group of lasting stars, and several careers that peaked and slid. The contrasts show how little control players have over the way a single tour shapes their legacy.
Some players from Australia's last Test tour of South Africa saw their careers skyrocket, while others couldn't recapture the same heights. Here is a look at what came of each member of the 2018 touring party.