Faf du Plessis praises his young team after win against New Zealand – Cricket News Roundup – Part 2 – December 22, 2012
South African stand-in-skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faf-du-Plessis-c1427, has praised a new look Proteas T20 unit following their impressive 8-wicket triumph over New Zealand in the opening T20I last night.
The Proteas restricted the tourists to a lowly total of 86 before chasing down the target in just 12.1 overs. Du Plessis anchored the innings by scoring 38 and got able support from debutants http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Quinton-de-Kock-c82885, who scored 20 and 28 respectively.
With Cricket South Africa looking to manage the workload of some of their star names, du Plessis hailed his young team's performances. "We put a lot of emphasis on that we're a young side, so we want to have a lot of energy and we want to have a good presence," du Plessis said. "That's what I was telling the guys, we've done an excellent job of doing that."
New Zealand all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 Cricket Board.
Both parties reached a mutual agreement yesterday after Oram failed to commit to the NZC on a full-time basis. The all-rounder only features in the limited-overs arena, but the current negotiations could see him only performing for his domestic side, along with fulfilling his T20 duties across the globe.
Oram last played for the national team during their recent tour of Sri Lanka, before opting out of the ongoing tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 due to the birth of his second child.
Despite team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PM-Siddle-c2197 sees the number of options as a positive for his side.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
Apart from Starc and Siddle, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jackson-Munro-Bird-c65187 are the only fit bowlers to choose from but the team’s premier pacer is keen to look at the positive.
"The squad has changed a lot with the bowlers but we've stuck together and worked well as a team and we can keep doing that. That's a big positive."
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