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Russell Domingo cites lack of field time for SA A crash
It is the curse of teams such as SA A that few outside their dressing room remember that they exist. Until‚ that is‚ they perform poorly. And perform poorly SA A did on the tour of India that ended last week‚ winning only one of their six matches. India A won the first four-day game by an innings and the second was drawn. SA A lost three of their four matches in a one-day quadrangular also involving India A‚ India B and Australia A. There were no centuries and only one five-wicket haul — Duanne Olivier’s 6/63 — to report for SA A from the four-day series. Khaya Zondo’s 117 was the lone hundred in the one-dayers and Dane Paterson’s 5/19 easily the best bowling performance. How did SA A crash and burn so spectacularly? "The guys didn’t play as badly as the results make it look like," coach Russell Domingo said. "In the first ‘Test’ we fought back and nearly hung on for a draw; we lost with seven balls to spare. In the second ‘Test’ we were in quite a good position but there was a lot ...
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