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Cape Town – This is a dangerous and developing trend: the fallibility of the current vast harvest of Proteas cricket players against the spin-throwing wilier.
Even with only half of the mini-series Test in Sri Lanka finished – a frankly shameful first game hiding from the much less-ranked outfit in two and a half days at Galle – there's a reason to say that South Africa has now suffered at least three notable and hideous experiences in the last three years, several current SA players are common denominators, which really began when India put tourists 3-0 in a four-run series at the end of 2015, a clean sweep only because the Bangalore Test was deliberately lost to the elements.
Admittedly, there was some controversy at this series of humiliations, as most of the sites featured were tiered racks, almost similar to those of lotto. even some of the famous players from India were barely hitting their boots.
But if you have to be careful not to tie too seriously the Test events and the international cricket of one day, Proteas' anguish renewed – and educated on our own, less prodigiously revolving – during the ODI part of India 's visit to these areas last summer.
Although beaten a little earlier on more test-friendly grounds, the Indians Africa 5-1 in the ODIs, the main feature being how their cunning and unorthodox spinners Kuldeep Yadav (17 wickets to 13.88) and Yuzvendra Chahal (16 to 16.37) have constantly reeled home drummers – many of them crossover test stars. [19659003MaintenantlesProtebadontaufonddelabouecontrecetteformedebowlinglamaîtriseaccomplieparDilruwanPerera(10/78)etRanganaHerath(5/77)ungaucherde40ansàGalleensurinProbablementleurplusfaibledémonstrationdupointdevuedelarésistancepuredansunmatchdeTestorganiséenAsie
The commentator and former Sri Lankan international Russel Arnold summarized the & # 39; ignominy of & # 39; South Africa: "199 for 20", He humorously recalled the result of the visitors' match, having little to look for any other salt to sprinkle on the wound.
It included, of course, the second-innings 73 insane, managed in only 28.5 overs, and rising to the lowest of SA In what many observers had the right to believe was a kind of nadir at the time, the Proteas still made more points in each of the three tests where they were beaten on this unfortunate Indian of 2015. tour: 184 and 109 in Mohali, 79 and 185 in Nagpur, and 121 and 143 in Delhi.
Instead, new lows were posted, and the only "blessing" was that Faf du Plessis and his company actually earned a little extra time on comp. They are preparing for the necessary and quite dramatic turnaround. They end up sharing the series by winning on the Colombo SSC pitch starting Friday.
Few people could quibble with the wise words of Kepler Wessels, former SA captain and SuperSport commentator. The first test accelerated to its inevitable conclusion.
He said Galle's ground was "not a radical spinning surface like Mohali" – and Du Plessis largely confessed himself as much in his post-match interviews. "South Africa needed to make Sri Lankan bowlers work much harder for their wickets." On these surfaces of the subcontinent, you must be able to beat time … if you can not save time, you will not be able to run. They have about five days now to work hard on their strategies and technique.
Another former national skipper, Shaun Pollock, would have resonated with many other veterans of Test tours when he questioned Spartan preparation time Proteas players, who visit Sri Lanka sizzling straight out of our interior in the middle of winter.
"If their life depended on it, would they have spent so little time (a solitary and short training match) in the country in the lead?"
Especially disappointing about the last collapse of the Business card by SA against the spin is that for a long time until the disaster of 2015 in India, the Proteas had developed a small practical line by winning or dividing series in Asia – and by extension by showing the Necessary application, strength and gum against slow bowling.
Between 2007 and this 2015 bump, they had not lost in eight series there.
But with AB de Villiers e xpensively ripped off their plans now, only the force that shatters noticeably who is Hashim Amla really remains from the generation that has shown such prior plumability under alien conditions.
While the Proteas should be more globally comprehensive for the second test, after having hit Galle so "cold", it must be a concern that many of today's drummers run the risk of becoming more and more afraid of their regular experiences , low return against quality spinners …
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