Proteas allrounder Marco Jansen says he couldn't have asked for a better start to his Test career after he was nominated for the ICC's emerging players for 2022.
Proteas fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Shabnim Ismail and all-rounder Marco Jansen have all been nominated in the 2022 ICC Awards.
The Proteas will be without batter Theunis de Bruyn for the third and final Test against Australia as he returns home for the birth of his first child.
Spin-bowling allrounder Ashton Agar and opener Matthew Renshaw were called up to the Australia squad on Friday for the third and final Test against the Proteas, with Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc ruled out injured.
Proteas skipper Dean Elgar has conceded they put out a paltry performance in their drubbing at the hands of Australia in the second test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
South Africa were on the wrong end of a "hammering" against rampant top-ranked Australia on Thursday, losing the second Test by an innings and 182 runs, as well as the series.