Fitness will be vital factor in outcome of Australia Test series
How the bowlers recover from their workout at the WACA‚ where SA won by 177 runs‚ could determine which team finishes on top
Melbourne — With just four days between the first and second Tests in the series between Australia and SA‚ fitness will be a vital factor. In fact‚ how the bowlers recover from their workout at the WACA‚ where SA won by 177 runs on Monday‚ could determine which team finishes on top at Bellerive Oval. Australia bowled on the first four days in Perth‚ while SA’s attack did not have to mark out a run-up from tea on the second day to after lunch on the fourth day thanks largely to a partnership of 250 between Dean Elgar and JP Duminy. "They have bowled four days in a row‚" coach Darren Lehmann said of his seam attack of Mitchell Starc‚ Josh Hazlewood‚ Peter Siddle and Mitchell Marsh. "They are pretty sore‚ as I would imagine the South African boys would be — the two bowlers that bowled the whole game for them."
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