It is the Hendricks and De Kock show against Sri Lanka
New batsman scores the fastest debut ton yet and a ‘nonthinker’ shines as the Proteas captain
Arise Quinton de Kock‚ SA’s captain. Of the many remarkable things that happened in Kandy on Sunday, nothing could top that. Though Reeza Hendricks’s century on debut was not far behind. De Kock’s elevation happened in the 10th over of Sri Lanka’s innings after Faf du Plessis left the field with a jarred shoulder. Team management confirmed the unthought and the unthinkable: the supposedly nonthinking De Kock was the stand-in skipper. Maybe that view should be reviewed — which De Kock did only nine balls into his tenure when Perera fiddled down the leg side to Mulder and Nigel Llong decided the edge had not been found. Snicko said it had and De Kock had his first strike. In the 42nd over Dhananjaya de Silva threw his bat at a delivery from Andile Phehlukwayo‚ and Llong again said no after De Kock took‚ low down‚ what he was convinced was a catch. Again the captain went upstairs. And again he was right. Like he had been eight balls earlier when Tabraiz Shamsi was adamant he had Surang...
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