captaincy

The win means South Africa, who became World Test Champions with victory over Australia at Lord's in June, have won 11 of their 12 Tests under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma.

Under Ten Hag he was stripped of the captaincy and came close to a cut-price move to West Ham in 2023.

While Cummins is thought to be on track to play in the second Test in Brisbane, where he would reclaim the captaincy from Steve Smith, there is no indication of Hazlewood's status beyond Perth.

Dupont's absence also leaves a gap in the captaincy role, with Racing 92 centre Gael Fickou in line to skipper the side.

Williamson relinquished the captaincy in both white ball formats when signing a "casual" contract with NZ Cricket, allowing him to pick and choose his availability.