South Africa managed to set the highest score in world cricket recently (438) - playing against the second best team in the world - Australia!
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That was a year ago; hardly recent. Back then they had less to lose because we were number one.

Besides, SA have had a pretty poor away record.
And the thing with Woolmer is definitely sad. People may not always have agreed with him, but he was definitely a universally respected coach and an erudite sportsman.