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Jennings reprimanded by CSA
By Will 4 years ago, mid-December Leave a comment on this post
South African Cricket is, essentially, in a mess - more so, it appears, than they wish to admit. Derek Pringle writes today in The Telegraph, stating that Jennings has been reprimanded:
Just six weeks into given a six-month contract by CSA (hardly a ringing endorsement of their confidence in him), Jennings told the paper he was “nervous about England”. He also said the side had uncertainties in four areas: opening batsman, spin bowling, fast bowling and wicketkeeping, following their recent 1-0 loss in the two-match series against India.
Those areas of uncertainties are, well, desperately worrying. As Pringle says later on, he might have well just said:
“We’ve got no bloody hope,” and that “Steve Harmison will pin us to the sightscreen.” But he didn’t, at least not publicly.
Ouch. I refuse to buy into the view that England are firm favourites for this tour - I think we have a very good chance, but South Africa are incredibly mentally tough and resiliant - like sporting cockroaches - and, I suspect, will rather relish the “backs to the wall” situations that England could enforce.
However, England can only be pleased that SA are struggling on & off the pitch. It’s not a situation they’re not so unfamiliar with in not-so-recent-tours-gone-by!
Tags: cockroaches, derek-pringle, england, england-in-south-africa, ray-jennings, south-africa |
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