Leadership spurs Faf to new heights
Most dependable batsman is key to Proteas’ success in all formats
Faf the magic dragon lives by the crease and frolics in the run-filled mist in a land called Victory. Apologies to Peter‚ Paul and Mary‚ the 1960s New York folk group whose song Puff (The Magic Dragon) was a chart topper back in the day. And apologies to everyone who has never heard of them. But they are likely to have heard of Faf du Plessis‚ whose 185 in the fourth one-day international (ODI) against Sri Lanka at Newlands on Tuesday was the second-highest score for SA in ODIs and the joint 11th-highest in all 3,833 games to have been played in the format. It was also Du Plessis’s second century in a series in which he has also made a half-century amid a total of 369 runs scored at faster than a run a ball. How good is that? Twice as good‚ at least‚ as anyone else playing in the rubber. Upul Tharanga is second to Du Plessis among the run scorers with a series aggregate of 182. Du Plessis is a long way from the hardest-hitting‚ most innovative or flashiest batsman SA sends to the c...
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