Kagiso Rabada

South Africa received a major shot in the arm ahead of the third Test against Australia, starting in Cape Town on Thursday, after paceman Kagiso Rabada's two-match ban for making physical contact with Steve Smith was overturned by the ICC's code of conduct appeal commissioner Michael Heron. After a hearing via video conference lasting more than six hours on Monday in which Rabada's case was championed by the high-profile South African advocate Dali Mpofu, his level 2 charge for physical contact was downgraded to a level 1 charge for conduct contrary to spirit of the game, with a 25 percent match fee fine and 1 demerit point, instead of the three he had initially been given by match referee Jeff Crowe.