Du Plessis recommends getting rid of throwing in tests

South Africa has tried the Black and white variants of playing Galle without leaving any room for gray in the middle. In the early rounds, they were cautious and defensive and were eliminated for 126. Then 352 in the quarter-finals, they cleared and burned to 73, getting their lowest total points since their re-entry into the trials.

Captain Faf Du Plessis was waiting for a rotational test for his troops, but at the end of the first round of combat, he could not put a finger on a definitive way to counter the challenge launched by Rangana Herath and Co

"It's just a case of our hitters somehow trying to put pressure on the quality of bowling that Sri Lanka has," said du Plessis. "There are two ways to see things: you can sit and try to fight as long as you can, but you also have to put pressure on the opposition: there were one or two shots wider than Usual, but the thought behind the stick was to try to put some pressure on the pins, because they give you nothing, it's the quality that the spinners have here

"If you sit there all day, you're also not going to score races. There is an element of medium risk, compared to a high-risk shot, especially on the wickets we play on, the ball stopping a bit more than we are used to. These are lessons we can learn. But we were not good enough in this game, and Sri Lanka showed us why they were better. "

Du Plessis quoted the centurion Dimuth Karunaratne and his ability to go from one end to the other as a major improvement for his team.A unless a brief period of resistance from the From Le Plessis during the first rounds, South Africa failed to forge a substantial partnership during both rounds, though the inability of Dale Steyn and Kagiso Rabada Handicap dazzling by making Tail of Sri Lanka From 176 to 8 in the first innings, Karunaratne was able to keep the lineup for 287, a significant total on this Galle wicket

"If you keep losing wickets, it is I think that's the biggest difference when you play in the subcontinent, "he said," When you lose a wicket, the next five overs become difficult – you have to make sure that you will get there . Karunaratne was there all the time for them in the first few rounds. He scored more than half of the points in their total. So it was fantastic this game. As bad as we were in our stick, it was very, very good

"[At the same time] Our fast bowling game was not as effective because the ball did not come out. did not reverse Our mortal instinct when they had the tail in When we shoot in conditions like these, we rely on the reverse swing to be such an effective weapon, because we have the rhythm. It was not a factor, and so it eliminated the threat that we did not have at our own pace, which we had not planned, if we had taken them out from 200 to 220, the whole structure of the We were very talented during this period, we let the tailenders lead the show. "

The chatter around the spin naturally turned the narrative back to the field and the concept of benefit at home. Following the dissolution of the South African clbad of 2012 and the subsequent high-level retreats, the overwhelming tendency of the teams struggling to win at home has reoriented the focus towards the elimination of the draw. Du Plessis, who himself asked for land that helped sew and bounced back for the home series against India, threw his weight behind bullet-free tests to restore "loss of balance In the competitions.

"I am a big fan of taking off the pitch," he said. "I think even in South Africa, you'll always prepare the conditions the way you're preparing them now, but make sure to bring some balance. At home, teams will always win the majority of games, but you still do I think in the last two or three years, records have definitely dropped, and the games end much earlier than before.

"When I'm # I started playing test cricket, the 400 and 500 "I'm not just talking about the conditions of the subcontinent," said Mr. Du Plessis. In South Africa, games are barely reaching the end of the fourth day. I think that's one of the ways you can make sure that the balance is a bit better.

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