Top-order batsman Zubayr Hamza feels ready to grab his chance
The young Cobras top-order batsman could be SA’s 100th Test cricketer since readmission
While Pakistan have to pick up the pieces of what remains of this Test series, the once clumsy Zubayr Hamza has not just morphed into a neat top-order batsman but into one who is on the cusp of being SA’s 100th Test cricketer since readmission in 1992. With regular captain Faf du Plessis missing the third Test against Pakistan at the Wanderers on Friday, Hamza will be the Proteas’ golden representative centurion if he is picked. There is also the significant matter of his senior Cape Cobras teammate Pieter Malan also earning a deserved Test cap should Aiden Markram fail to recover from a thigh injury sustained in the nine-wicket win in the second Test at Newlands in Cape Town. The Proteas will be captained by Dean Elgar. That is the least of Hamza’s concerns, but rebutting his parents’ stories about him with a smile is.
“I’ve heard a lot of stories from my parents, whether it was about me rolling my foot over a football and stuff like that. The one story I’m told is one of me ...
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