It is pretty impressive and under-the-radar. Didn't he play a handy knock in UAE recently. Him, Linde, Simmonds all pretty handy with the bat. All have top tier 100s
In terms of batting ability I would have had Fortuin below Sen and Linde. Surprised by that.
It's why I'm not overly enthused about Sen. His bowling fell off a cliff going to the highveld too. But you can't complain about his last test contribution. Seems a top guy as well.
I've mentioned it before but his game is just very suited to low bounce pitches. That's why he is effective in Durban and why he did well in Bangladesh as well as made a couple of contributions in India.
De Swardt really making a push to get back into the Test Team. Mulder has the bigger ceiling but he is doing everything right at the moment.
De swardt guy looks good
If Mulder's not fit for Pakistan then De Swardt looks like the most suitable replacement.
I don't know what his recent form is like, but his bowling average is above 35 in all formats, and not having any centuries to his name means that his batting isn't quite good enough either.
Disagree , his batting is very explosive and has become quite a good finisher while striking at over 100 in 50 over cricket, and he bowls 140+ ...Pure stats aren't everything
Stats do give you an idea, but I agree that they aren't everything, which is why I made a comment about recent form as that can be more telling (compare Bavuma's overall test career with his record in the past few years). So maybe he's been better recently than his career averages, but if that's the case then it would mean that his earlier performances must have been worse, and that's why he was never picked.
Yup, started off really slowly. Was averaging 50+
