GUNNING FOR PAKISTAN
It’s all about staying in the moment for Proteas’ Parnell
Birmingham — Parnell! To Rabada! Back to Parnell! Gooooaaaallll … ! What are a couple of cricketers to do on a drizzly day in Birmingham but take to Edgbaston’s indoor nets for a soccer kickaround? By then‚ Monday’s training session was over and Wayne Parnell and Kagiso Rabada had pressganged a tall‚ imposing "Gianluigi Buffon" of a security guard into service between the pair of orange plastic beacons that served as goalposts. Goal after goal flew past the keeper‚ none of them of the quality of Mario Mandzukic’s spectacular strike for Juventus in the Champions League final against Real Madrid in Cardiff on Saturday. But none were too shabby‚ either. Certainly‚ Rabada and Parnell looked like they were having more fun than in the first eight overs of Sri Lanka’s reply in their Champions Trophy match against the Proteas at The Oval in London on Saturday. Niroshan Dickwella — the short‚ sharp spike of a wicketkeeper-batsman — and Upul Tharanga — the lusty left-hander — took a liking to...
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