England's tour of South Africa has certainly been an eventful one with sickness running through the camp initially before the tourists bounced back from injuries to James Anderson and Rory Burns to claim an impressive 3-1 Test series victory.

It was a fine turnaround from England's young outfit but if the four Test matches reaffirmed one thing, it was that South African cricket is currently in crisis.

The host of big-name performers to have walked away from the South African cricket continues to rise - Vernon Philander the latest following his retirement from international cricket in favour of a move to Somerset - and now Faf Du Plessis appears to be coming to the end of his time as captain following news that Quinton de Kock will lead the Proteas in the upcoming ODI and T20 series.

With du Plessis, Kasigo Rabada and Aiden Markram missing from the South Africa squad for the three-match ODI series at least, the misery looks set to continue for the hosts with England's World Cup Cup winning unit still looking fearsome and strong.

Granted, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood and Jos Buttler being rested and Liam Plunkett missing out on selection does mean England's squad has a slightly different look to it from the one that lifted the World Cup at Lord's last summer but many of the pillars of that team remain untouched and anything other than another series win is hard to envisage.