Faf du Plessis wants SA to go for the jugular in third and final Test
SA captain Faf du Plessis has presided over his second series victory over Australia‚ but he is not done. Having led SA to a 5-0 victory in a one-day series in SA last month and a 2-0 triumph in the Test series that was decided at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Tuesday — when the visitors won by an innings and 80 runs — Du Plessis reckons there’s another win in his team’s tank: the third Test in Adelaide that starts next Thursday. "That’s the mission for us now‚ we want to do that very badly‚" Du Plessis said after his team wrapped up victory on the fourth day of a match in which the entire second day was washed out. "It was the same with the ODIs. We won’t rest on our laurels and be happy with 2-1 or even 2-0. "We’ve got Australia in a position where they are under pressure and we don’t want to let that go. It’s hard enough to get them in this position so we’ll do everything we can to keep them there." As focused as he was on what he wanted SA to do‚ Du Plessis was nonetheless surpris...
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