Gary Kirsten backs Proteas to deliver ‘great performances’ persistently – Cricket News Update
Ecstatic after his side scripted a resounding innings victory over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Kirsten-c58527 has said that the current Proteas squad has the potential to deliver such dazzling performances “on a daily basis”.
“…we can go out and play cricket like that on a regular basis, rather than that being a one-off Test match,” said the visiting head coach after Graeme Smith and men crushed the world No. 1 England, by an innings and 12 runs in the opening Test of the three-match
series, at the Oval, on Monday.
“I'm not saying we'll be 650 for 2 again but we feel that we can put in really good performances on a daily basis," he added further.
Though the Hashim Amla-led South African batting line up set the tone for the innings victory, a lot of credit goes to the visiting attack which bowled out the formidable English batting line-up twice on a wicket that offered minimal assistance to the bowlers.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 struck phenomenal centuries to steer the tourists to a massive total of 637 for 2 declare, in reply to England’s
first innings tally of 385.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 then took the charge of dismantling the English line-up. The South African pace bowling spearhead claimed the first five-wicket haul of the series, conceding just 56 runs in 21 overs, as the Proteas bundled England out for just 240 in their second
innings, to seal an innings and 12 runs victory.
Replying to a query about http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757’s lack of preparation going into the opening Test, Kirsten said, "The only way (to prepare) for Test match cricket is to play Test (matches)…It's very tough to get into Test match intensity mode playing first-class
cricket. It's a very different game. We had 18 days together as a unit. We tried a couple of different things and I thought the guys came into this match mentally fresh."
The tourists are scheduled to play a two-day tour game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866 (July 27-28), before going into the second Test which gets underway at Leeds, from August 2.
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