With the Test mace safely tucked away in the trophy cabinet, the South African mens cricket team has its sights set firmly on the next big ICC event the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka in February next year.
According to T20 captain, Aiden Markram, that journey starts in Darwin on Sunday with the first of three T20 Internationals against the old foe, Australia.
While the Proteas will take confidence from their five-wicket win over Australia in World Test Championship final at Lords in June, they are fully aware that this is a different format, which comes with its challenges.
Also, it is a relatively unknown wicket in Darwin with the last international match played there back in 2008, when the Aussies took on Bangladesh in a T20 International.
It was a special time for all of us. That test match had good things and good memories to keep in the bank. But its been a while now, some of us have come off some good rest at home and obviously now its a different format, different venue and kind of a different opposition as well in terms of the make-up of their T20 squad. So completely new slate for us now and building up to a World Cup in Feb next year, so its an exciting journey to start, says Markram.