NEIL MANTHORP: A series of moments for SA Down Under may not have ended yet
All the odds are against Dean Elgar's warriors, but so were they in 2008 when SA won its first series in Australia
06 December 2022 - 05:00
Back in December 2008 Mickey Arthur proclaimed a famous SA victory as not just “one for this team” but “one for future generations who will win here again because of this”.
Clearly he was drunk. Not on champagne or beer, but on the elixir of victory, something far more powerful than anything that comes out of a bottle or a can. “Test series are decided by three to four, maybe half a dozen really ‘big moments’. You can have your nose in front for two days but then, when one of those moments comes along and you lose it, all the hard work can be lost,” Arthur said. ..
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