Maddinson’s Duck, Nortje’s Fire: Two Comebacks Collide on Day 1 of Aus vs SA 1st Test
Some days in cricket write their own script. Day one of the first Test between Australia and South Africa at Kingsmead on Friday, October 9, 2026, gave us not one but two extraordinary comebacks — and they couldn’t have gone more differently. Cancer survivor Nic Maddinson walked out to open for Australia after almost a…