De Villiers confident as Proteas go into first T20 in England
'I felt like I was going to get 200 off five balls‚ and I got run out'
You might not have noticed‚ what with everything else going on‚ but South Africa start a series on their tour of England on Wednesday. It’s the T20 rubber‚ which kicks off in Southampton before moving to Taunton on Friday and ending in Cardiff on Sunday. That’s as short and sharp as these things get — and as they should be for what is an afterthought in a summer that has already seen a one-day series and the Champions Trophy‚ and has yet to reach its most important stage: next month’s four tests. If there is any relevance to place on the T20s it will be to see how AB de Villiers fares after his underwhelming performance in the Champions Trophy. De Villiers is again South Africa’s key batsman — even more so than in the one-day squad — and their captain. He will want to improve on the 20 runs he scored in three innings‚ not to mention presiding over two losses in three games‚ in the Champions Trophy. In the third of them‚ a crunch encounter against India at The Oval last Sunday‚ De Vi...
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