Noone has wanted to consider him for red ball cricket.Boy Unmukt still gets into a lot of strife with his 'too close to cut' antics. His defensive play of Tsotsobe simply angling it across him wasn't very good yesterday, either.
He still gives you enough eye-catching touches to make him an interesting young batsman to watch, but it'a very hard for me to see a good red ball opener in him.
Nah I know. I meant that he possibly shouldn't have chosen to torture all that confidence he had in his U19 days out of his game by making heavy weather of opening in red ball cricket for Delhi, let alone India. His game seems all wrong for that position to me.Noone has wanted to consider him for red ball cricket.
With half of the squad falling ill overnight, and more going down during the match, South Africa A were forced to use their video analyst Henrikus Coertzen in the field, as well as India A’s Mandeep Singh.
Brought up on the true Highveld wickets & plays with hard hands.Pity about how de Bruyn has done in the series, sounds like hes been having a real stinker.
I agree.QdK deserved to be dropped, but I think everybody expected him to bounce back pretty quickly and force his way back into the side. He's too good not to be playing international cricket.
I agree Marius. Been shocking but the new demands on our domestic game and SA u19s even can't be too good for the future. I've never seen an SA 'A' side so abysmal in terms of results in limited overs cricket if you take this series & England 'A' series. Plus our SA u19 side has been thrashed in its last 3 series which is unheard of !Nice to see QDK making runs - he'll be back for SA very soon.
Poor Vilas will probably not get a chance to bat in a Test match...
Overall though, SA A has been dire. Tsotsobe seems to have been bowling well, and obviously QDK has batted like a champ but apart from that there's nobody else really. Zondo played a good knock today, and Delport has had some good passages of play but apart from that?
Definitely not ready to tour with the senior team, but at home I'd like to see him carry the drinks.Brought up on the true Highveld wickets & plays with hard hands.
Think this tour will be a real eye opener for him.