Proteas need to play more Tests

BACHER: GAME NEEDS TO GO BEYOND THE 'BIG THREE'

- Ross Roche

Newly crowned World Test Championship (WTC) winners, the Proteas, head into the next two-year cycle with a slight bump up in fixtures, but still well short of cricket's big three.

During the previous WTC cycle the Proteas played exclusively in two-game series, which saw them play six teams in 12 Tests over the two-year period, winning eight Tests, drawing one and losing three.

This saw them finish at the top of the WTC standings, based on a percentage system, as they didn't play nearly as many matches as the big three, namely recent finalists, Australia, India and England.