South Africa bounced back beautifully from the defeat to Australia with a brave win against the West Indies. It was an important game for ...
South Africa bounced back beautifully from the defeat to Australia with a brave win against the West Indies.
It was an important game for them mentally. You can’t afford two defeats in a row in Group 1 of the Super 12s and they would’ve been very nervous about going up against a powerful West Indies side.
The Proteas executed very well with the ball, putting the West Indies under a lot of pressure and Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen were clinical with the bat.
You need one solid partnership to break the back of the chase and Rassie has been exceptional for the team since he came into the fold.
Aiden is maturing every game he plays. He is excellent in the field, adds a lot of value with the ball and is especially solid with the bat now. I’d like to see him bat at the top of the order in the near future but he has slotted in perfectly to that No.4 position and is doing a great job.
South Africa have a very dangerous bowling attack that covers all bases, good spin options and pace on the ball.
I’m very impressed with Dwaine Pretorius executing through the tough, death overs. The luxury of having a bowling line-up...
