NEW ZEALAND TOUR
Faf dispels talk of ghosts of 2015 semifinal
SA are likely to need those factors‚ and others‚ to be in their favour against a Kiwi outfit who have won 26 of their last 30 ODIs at home
Faf du Plessis has dispelled any talk of the ghosts of the 2015 World Cup semifinal swirling around the odd angles of Eden Park when New Zealand and SA play a T20 there on Friday, writes Telford Vice. Du Plessis took the direct approach when the question came‚ inevitably‚ at the first media conference of SA’s tour in Auckland on Monday. "There will be mixed feelings going back there‚" Du Plessis said. "Something like that‚ you’ll always carry it with you. "As a team, we’ve definitely put it behind us‚ but the emotions of that day will always be with us. That’s not a bad thing. Although we were on the wrong side of the result, it was a great day of cricket and something that will always be with us," the batsman added. The scorebook from that match says Du Plessis and AB de Villiers scored half-centuries in SA’s decent total of 281/6 in the 43 overs their innings was reduced to by rain. But New Zealand won by four wickets when Grant Elliott‚ who scored an unbeaten 84‚ smashed the penu...
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