Because 4 veteran world class players came through….Kane Williamson 34, Mitchell Santner 33, Virat Kohli 36 and Hardik Pandya 31 stepped up in both games, at exactly when needed. For the Proteas only Miller 35 played a potential match winning role, but Rassie van der Dussen 36 was strong support.
We need to add a few new players, but WC after WC the lesson is clear, these things are decided by a few world class experienced players. That kind of player doesn’t need to be given a key, they knock down the door. Rickleton and Breetzke perhaps have done that…..but they lack the depth of experience that reliably yields the Kohli or Williamson semi contributions
The Proteas were up against a very balanced NZ team with a potential great in Ravindra. Batting first in such benign conditions and posting a massive total made the task very hard. Obvious by the 80% odds favoring NZ before our batsmen played a ball. The chase was credible up until Klaasen lost his head and tried to force things without playing himself in. I have been a big fan, but today he let down the team.
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Because 4 veteran world class players came through….Kane Williamson 34, Mitchell Santner 33, Virat Kohli 36 and Hardik Pandya 31 stepped up in both games, at exactly when needed. For the Proteas only Miller 35 played a potential match winning role, but Rassie van der Dussen 36 was strong support.
We need to add a few new players, but WC after WC the lesson is clear, these things are decided by a few world class experienced players. That kind of player doesn’t need to be given a key, they knock down the door. Rickleton and Breetzke perhaps have done that…..but they lack the depth of experience that reliably yields the Kohli or Williamson semi contributions
The Proteas were up against a very balanced NZ team with a potential great in Ravindra. Batting first in such benign conditions and posting a massive total made the task very hard. Obvious by the 80% odds favoring NZ before our batsmen played a ball. The chase was credible up until Klaasen lost his head and tried to force things without playing himself in. I have been a big fan, but today he let down the team.