Australia vs South Africa Test cricket: Success is a long innings for Renshaw, Maddinson and Handscomb

By Malcolm Knox
Updated November 24 2016 - 6:08am, first published November 23 2016 - 5:57pm
Big three: Nic Maddinson, Matt Renshaw and Peter Handscomb will make their Test debuts on Thursday. Photo: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
Big three: Nic Maddinson, Matt Renshaw and Peter Handscomb will make their Test debuts on Thursday. Photo: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

It is impossible, given the resemblance, not to see Australia's 20-year-old debutant opening batsman Matt Renshaw as the new Matthew Hayden. Before we get carried away, though, we might remember that it took seven years before the old Matthew Hayden became Matthew Hayden.

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