Proteas playing the ‘perfect game’ in emphatic win over Sri Lanka
Faf du Plessis and David Miller both scored centuries in SA’s 307/6 win against Sri Lanka, who were dismissed for 186 in 37.5 overs
Neil McKenzie‚ SA’s batting consultant‚ talks about the national team striving to play "the perfect game" as an over-arching goal. In the afterglow of Wednesday’s triumph over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international (ODI) at Kingsmead‚ SA might need to take aim at a different moon shot. Faf du Plessis and David Miller scored centuries in SA’s total of 307/6 on a pitch that slowed as the innings wore on. Then Sri Lanka was dismissed for 186 in 37.5 overs with the entire attack taking wickets and all the frontline bowlers going for fewer than a run a ball. A fine performance in the field was punctuated by brilliant catches by Du Plessis and AB de Villiers‚ and a wonderful run-out by JP Duminy. Perfect‚ or what? "It shows that we as a batting unit are becoming more mature‚ making the right decisions and that we are assessing the conditions and the situation really well‚" Du Plessis said. He might have been describing SA’s entire performance‚ but particularly the stand of 117 he a...
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