Gary Kirsten believes South Africa are well poised for the series against England after making important strides during the tour of New Zealand.
We hand out marks to South Africa's players after they sealed a 1-0 series victory over New Zealand.
New Zealand captain Ross Taylor has revealed he was prepared to come out and bat with a broken arm if he was required to save the third Test against South Africa on Tuesday.
With the series wrapped up, we hand out marks to the struggling New Zealanders.
Rome was not built in a day, the saying goes, and over the course of the past three weeks the Proteas have certainly put building blocks in place.