So who will replace them?
One can be sure the BS will be be in flood and if Verreynne and Malan is not the replacements 0 then we shoiuld really give up on SA cricket, My guess is that Klaasen - who failed badly in all internationals this year will be retained and the batting replacements will be Hendricks and JJ Smuts,
Amongst the bowlers Sipamla hopefully will be one replacement - but for the rest Dupavillon and Beuran Hendriks will be the two failures to be called up.
What I was afraid of did happen, What I feared did happen. and worse, Van der Dusseb ius bnit playing and he us replaced by Smuts - Klaasen iss til in the team despie failing miserably as a batsman, The harmless Dipavillon and atrocious B Hendriks makes up the bowling attack and the fact is the team is weak, Against that attack the Pakistani's will easily make way over 300 runs add with 3 passengers in the batting setup - the Proteas are doomed,.
So Pakistan batted and made 320/7. The fast bowlers were all 3 unusable. The two all-rounders failed badly in the bowling department and the only two bowler worth mentioning is Maharaj and off all people Markram. If it was not for Markram the score would have been 350 runs.
A new embarrassment for SA Cricket having three seriously defective fast bowlers in a team who all three failed in the few overs they were used.
Now it is time for the batsmaen of the Proteas - but I foresee failure by Smuts, Klaasen and Bavuma - with Andile also out for a low score, None of the bowlers can really bat, If that abortion of a team is to be saved from embarrassment it will depend on Markram, Malan and Verreynne.
Smuts is a poor all-rounder and as expected he failed in both bowling and batting, Should not have been in the squad anyway, Now to see whether Bavuma is any better on batting, He nearly caused Malan to be run out - madness,
So all the expected failures in barring failed Smuts, Bavuma and Klaassen made 41 runs from 54 balls faced.
There averages in the series are as follows:-
Bavuma = 38
Smuts = 18
Klaasen = 5.67
Maharaj seems to be a fighter, but they left him too much.
Draad
Boucher said they have no excuse for the loss - but if he by now does not know the reason for he losses - he should not couch anything,
I think the match could have been won - but with batsmen like Bavuma, Smuts and Klaasen failing the pressure on Verreynne was massive. The required run rate was 6/41 - the three duds run rate was below 4,7.
So how long will the Smith and Boucher combination last?