Allan Donald hopes for an improved bowling performance – Cricket News Update
After a disappointing day to start the Oval Test, South Africa’s bowling coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Anthony-Donald-c43680, is confident that his bowlers will fight back on day two of the match but praised Morne Morkel’s efforts, who picked up two wickets to halt
the home team’s progress.
The all-important series started on Thursday, with the number one Test ranking at stake. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 won the toss and opted to bat first on a flat track, putting the South Africans under pressure straightaway.
The home team lost their captain in the very first over of the match before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 consolidated the innings for the Poms, helping them post 267 runs on the board at stumps on day one, for the loss of merely
three wickets.
South Africa’s bowling coach expressed that the pitch at the Oval is extremely in favour of the batsmen. In such circumstances, the former Test cricketer is satisfied with his team’s performance, especially because they curtailed
the scoring rate.
"It was a hard day of Test cricket," said Donald. "But we never allowed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 to run away with the day and I think that we showed a lot of our character. We put ourselves out there.”
The Proteas were evidently rusty on day one as the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Tahir struggled to bowl in the right areas consistently, although Morkel, the lanky fast bowler, bowled out of his skin and troubled the Poms.
Donald believes that the visitors bowled better as the day progressed and hopes that Morkel will do well throughout the series, which provides the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ian-Harold-King-c63858 Nation a rare opportunity to become the leading Test team of the globe.
The fast bowler said, "I thought throughout the day we bowled better and better. I thought that their confidence grew. Overall I would take this day. Morkel was the one bowler that really stepped up and showed a lot of character and hopefully it will continue."
Strauss’ men will start the next day with an upper hand but considering the South African bowling strength, one cannot write-off the visitors.
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