Reeza Hendricks spoke of SA’s need to “improve” and “bounce back” twice in his media conference in Durban on Monday‚ and he was right both times. Despite losing only two wickets they totalled just 266 in the first match of their one-day series against Pakistan at St George’s Park on Saturday. Pakistan added a victory‚ by five wickets‚ to their record at a ground where they have not lost any of their five ODIs. So it is concerning that Hendricks gave the impression that SA’s batters thought they had done their job well enough: “In our minds we thought it would be a good score. We thought we had gone about it the right way.” Closer to the truth was that conditions were challenging and the visitors bowled well‚ which Hendricks also highlighted. Tuesday’s second match will be played at Kingsmead‚ another slowish pitch where the Pakistanis won five of their eight ODIs — including four out of six against SA. “Tomorrow will be a big game for us‚” Hendricks said. “We’re definitely looking t...
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