All-round consistency was the key to South Africa’s 3-0 thumping of hapless Sri Lanka during their Test series which ended at the Wanderers Stadium on Saturday. The Test series will be followed by the three-match T20 series which starts at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Friday afternoon. Speaking after they wrapped up the third Test with two days to spare in Johannesburg‚ Proteas captain Faf du Plessis said their whitewash performance was not the best under his leadership but the most consistent where they executed plans almost to perfection. “I won’t say it’s the best‚ I think it’s the most consistent and that’s something we’ve asked for right at the start of the series‚" he said. "You’re expected‚ in these conditions‚ to be on top of Sri Lanka at times. But for me it was about making sure that 95 or 99% of the time we could string together consistent performances and we’ve done that.” Du Plessis added that throughout the 13 days of Test cricket against the Sri Lankans‚ they were ...
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