Absolutely, full praise to SA for the way they went about it. Gee, they could've/should've won this one and probably competed much harder in the second. Their core skills were pretty good, they set good fields, but they fielded like chumps in the first Test and butchered it with the bat when it mattered in the second.
But there are some classy cricketers in there. Bedingham is all class. Piedt is quality but might be surplus anywhere other than the sub-continent if he can't score runs, Paterson looked very tidy and Moreki has a bit about him, as well. I don't see it in de Swardt, but he certainly wasn't overawed.
But there are some classy cricketers in there. Bedingham is all class. Piedt is quality but might be surplus anywhere other than the sub-continent if he can't score runs, Paterson looked very tidy and Moreki has a bit about him, as well. I don't see it in de Swardt, but he certainly wasn't overawed.