The sun sets late in Cape Town.
At this time of the year, there is bright light till about 8 p.m. There was indeed plenty of sunshine on New Year’s Day throughout.
The Indian cricket team, which flew down from Johannesburg on Sunday, must be hoping the new year brings a change of fortune after the disappointment of the Centurion Test. Its finish was anticlimactic, in fact, as the visitors’ second innings proved a disaster.