LEFT ARM OVER
NEIL MANTHORP: SA is second-best in world cricket — let the good times roll
SA now has a bowler among the top-10 wicket takers of all time
All is good in the house of SA Test cricket. All is very good. Cast aside naysayers and doubters — this is not their time. If sceptics and critics want their day they will have to wait because today there is far too much to celebrate and cherish. Comfortably the best fast-bowling attack in the world, both on the field and in reserve. Four (perhaps five?) of the gutsiest top-order batsmen in international cricket with the technique not only to survive on the angry pitches for which SA is known but to gather more runs, and more important runs than their opponents. A collective ethic which includes not only the notion of “team before individual” but exhibits a commitment so obvious that nobody can doubt its veracity. A world in which 50s and 60s can be match-winning is an uncomfortable world for batsmen to exist having been told all their lives that such scores are not only ineffective but can be costly. Keshav Maharaj ranks among the top three orthodox spinners in the world at the mom...
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