Brevis needs to deliver on his obvious potential but so far it's just been one or two shots, rather than an innings of substance.
Brevis needs to deliver on his obvious potential but so far it's just been one or two shots, rather than an innings of substance.
Agree re Brevis.
he’s shown touches of maturity but he really needs to be more consistent and read the game situation better.
he’s been out needlessly in a few innings now.
he isn’t a baby anymore. I think he is just about 23. It’s time to step up in all formats.
Well, he's unlike any other player I've ever seen, to me it seems he's an all or nothing player i.e. it's max or nothing, most batsmen build an innings he doesn't. A David Warner type player except that Warner knew how to build an innings.
He's struggling with his timing, unlike Ozzie and SAFFA wickets the ball is not coming onto the bat because of the slowness of the wickets and so for that reason he's not finding the center of the bat.
He has a choice, either he plays to his natural instincts or he plays to the wicket. If I was him I'd play to the latter but if he chooses to play to the former then he'd better put on his dancing shoes because the mountain is not coming to Mohammad.
He's also developed a poor habit of taking one hand off the bat.....that is a no-no.
Brevis is a generational ball striker, but not yet a generational batsman. Those are very different things.
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with Jasprit Bumrah leading the charge is the best in the WC, he's not the only one doing the damage, it's the added quality of their spin attack which takes their attack to an even higher level. India is also advantaged by being accustomed to sub continent wickets.
Markram and Quinton have the advantage of having faced them in the IPL besides the former is a good player of pace.
So yeah, if we hold our nerve and a few things go our way then who knows how things will pan out. I'm curious to see how the much improved Rickelton fares, it will be his stiffest test to date but with a fresh new mental approach, a much improved technique and a desire to be out in the middle he could well prove to be our batting hero.
And then of course there's young Brevis, he has no fear, has enormous self belief and in no uncertain manner will take it to the Indian attack. There is no-one better when he's firing on all four. GL to him.
Rabada will have to come to the party in his finest, he's a class act, he just needs to have found his mojo and alongside of Jansen and Bosch who are both in good form we might just have enough in the tank to rattle the Indian batsmen.
On paper the Indians are better than the Proteas but no team has won on paper.