South Africa's hopes of sealing a historic WTC Final win over Australia may now rest as much on the skies as their bats. With rain on the forecast, Day 4 could bring tense delays.

Aiden Markram has been dropped twice by South Africa in his test career. It’s his own fault. Markram set such a superlative standard out of the gate — three centuries and two 90s in his first six months — that when the runs stopped raining,

Their last major multi-nation tournament victory had come in the inaugural edition of the Champions Trophy way back in 1998.