No one can deny the fact that South African players tend to give more than what they are normally capable of when they face the Australians. Their history of controversies got the most steam when a travelling Australia had resorted to annoying antics during the Test series before the competition blew out of proportion with the sandpaper gate.

He was fairly successful in his first two balls limiting Maxwell and Nathan Courter-Nile to two singles before the incident happened. His third ball, which looked destined to have been a foot-breaking yorker, saw the ball slip from Rabada's hands when he was just about to deliver. It went to the fielder at the point with the umpires declared it dead after long discussions. 

The batsman, Maxwell, however, looked annoyed as he was demanding a no-ball that has normally been the case in such situations. Last year in August, Pat Cummins had a similar experience during a Test match against Bangladesh and umpire Nigel Llong had deemed it a no-ball.