Australia dominated the first two Tests, admits Faf du Plessis – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faf-du-Plessis-c1427, has admitted that Australia dominated the initial two matches of the recently-concluded three-Test series against the Proteas but the middle-order batsman is over the moon about his team finishing up victorious.
The Kangaroos dominated the first Test at Brisbane and could have easily won the second fixture at the Adelaide Oval, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 and Du Plessis came to their side's rescue, keeping the Aussies at bay on day five.
South Africa bounced back in the last match at Perth, winning by a comprehensive margin of 309 runs to stamp their authority in international cricket and retaining the number one ranking in Test cricket.
Du Plessis expressed that the Baggy Greens came hard in the initial two matches but feels that they had given their all by the end of the second encounter, which made it easier for the visitors to win the last Test.
“The Aussies put us under serious pressure, most of the time, and they dominated so many sessions. When they got the momentum they really, really punished us, it was all we could do to hang on,” said the middle-order batsman. “We all had a very strong sense after Adelaide that the Aussies had thrown everything they got in their armoury at us, and we had not fallen – we survived.”
The cricketer from Pretoria, who made his Test debut during the tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742, who injured his ankle during the first Test at Brisbane.
Du Plessis was all praise for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557 for scoring big runs at Perth, after his team had struggled on day one on a bouncy track.
“Our bowlers were incredible after we thought we were going to be in trouble with a first innings total of 225. The way Graeme, Hash and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 batted was just ridiculous,” he added.
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