Boucher bemoans mental frailties after defeat in Pakistan
Coach puts loss down to the team lacking awareness of when to tighten the screws after Proteas lose last seven wickets for just 33 runs
09 February 2021 - 16:37
SA coach Mark Boucher blamed mental fragility and an inability to drive home their advantage in key moments of the second Test for the side’s series loss to Pakistan that centred on now all too familiar batting collapses.
The Proteas were defeated by 95 runs in Rawalpindi on Monday to lose the two-match series 2-0. Chasing a daunting 370 for victory, they were well placed just after lunch on the fifth day on 241/3 with two set batsmen but lost their last seven wickets for the addition of only 33 runs...
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