South Africa give themselves an unlikely chance of another record

The number 438 is etched in South Africa’s cricketing folklore.

It was the score that South Africa made while chasing down a score of 435 way back in 2006 in Johannesburg in an ODI against Australia to achieve the cricketing incomprehensible. Two years later, the Proteas aced another chase of 400-plus in Perth against Australia in whites to accomplish the inconceivable.

Now, after more than a decade, the opportunity to breach another record has arrived on their doorstep. Although a win is...