An epic collapse by our top order bats made for an easy series win. Only top scorer again Hendricks and Bosch exceeded 30. Brevis hit a few boundaries but Breetzke looks hopelessly out of touch after such a promising start.
But it can’t help the young bats when the team’s senior player looks like a deer in the headlights. He survived exactly the same kind of Chinese cut in the second ODI, only to be out a few balls later, throwing his bat at the ball without moving his feet and just popping it up.
Were this in RSA on a flat pitch he would likely have done better….but when the ball is moving, or the tension is ratcheted up, out comes the deer in the headlights. Enough already, he should stay retired.
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An epic collapse by our top order bats made for an easy series win. Only top scorer again Hendricks and Bosch exceeded 30. Brevis hit a few boundaries but Breetzke looks hopelessly out of touch after such a promising start.
But it can’t help the young bats when the team’s senior player looks like a deer in the headlights. He survived exactly the same kind of Chinese cut in the second ODI, only to be out a few balls later, throwing his bat at the ball without moving his feet and just popping it up.
Were this in RSA on a flat pitch he would likely have done better….but when the ball is moving, or the tension is ratcheted up, out comes the deer in the headlights. Enough already, he should stay retired.