http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers believes South Africa could have finished stronger – Cricket News Update
South African batsman, AB de Villiers, believes had South Africa not lost two wickets late on day-one of the second Test against England, they could have finished stronger on Thursday, August 02, at Headingley, Leeds.
Commemorating the late resurgence by the English bowlers, the South African said, “I would have loved to have been three down at the end of the day, but they just bowled too well towards the end.”
The batsman praised opener 31-year-old, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Petersen-c1028, for his insurmountable knock of 124 runs that kept England under pressure till the end of the day’s play.
“Alviro did extremely well, paced his innings extremely well - and we all played around him,” added de Villiers.
South African openers Petersen and skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473 mounted a staggering opening stand of 120 runs after South Africa were put into bat by the hosts.
After this brilliant start, the South Africans were made to sweat as English pacers made a comeback by grabbing a few wickets with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 (19).
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465.
With only four overs remaining in the day, this was the worst possible time for de Villiers to lose his wicket, failing to get to a half century.
Nonetheless, South Africa still have the fire power in their batting unit to take them towards a big total unless England regroup and destroy http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 on the second day.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501. His exclusion from the squad was a big surprise for England fans, however, experts believe England wanted to add more aggression to their bowling brigade which required Swann’s axing.
Nonetheless, many believe that leaving Swann on the benches might cost England dearly in this match which would decide their future as the number-one team in Test cricket.
With England seeking to salvage their top spot, South Africa are looking at an opportunity to dethrone the Poms.
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