We walk and talk it every day, says Abbott
Proteas turn things around emphatically after a ‘hard look at goals and what we stand for’
When Kagiso Rabada bowled SA to victory in the first Test at the Waca, Faf du Plessis gave him a hug and a smile, and turned to a room crowded with reporters. "I’m sleeping with him tonight," Du Plessis said. On Tuesday, after Kyle Abbott took 6/77 to complete a match haul of 9/118 that had plenty to do with SA winning the second Test and the series in Hobart, he found himself the recipient of his captain’s bromantic embrace. "It’s his turn tonight," Du Plessis told the reporters. It was not Abbott’s turn on March 24 2015, when he was inexplicably left out of SA’s team for their World Cup semifinal against New Zealand in Auckland. SA lost to a team whose time had come — and with that a dream died. "It was a low point for everyone, not only the players but the whole country," Abbott said on Tuesday. "At the time, we didn’t quite know what to do. We drew a line in the sand. That was the culture of the past. It’s up to us to create a new culture.
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