It’s a huge day for us tomorrow – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Anthony-Donald-c43680 – Cricket News Update
Not fazed by the dominance of English batters on the opening day of the first Test, South African bowling coach Allan Donald was however, aware that the making early inroads on day 2 will be the prime focus of his team.
Honours on the first day clearly sided the home team as an http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 in the first over of the match.
It took a magnificent second-wicket stand between Cook and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528.
Despite the pitch offering swing and seam movement early on, the magnificent duo went about doing their business in their usual style and eventually overcame the initial threat before going onto post imposing individual scores.
"Take nothing away from England today," he said. "They batted really well; I really thought that Alastair Cook showed immense discipline and concentration,” said Donald.
The former Proteas’ leading pacer was further left to back the work ethics of his bowlers, who in reality struggled to match their own high-standards. After the initial phase of aggression, they waned away as Cook-Trott partnership blossomed and in another
surprising move, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 was handed the second new ball.
Steyn was cut a frustrated figure, having failed to extract much from the track, while was further seen nursing a slight niggle. As for Philander, he remained economical throughout the day but failed to emulate his old self. The leg-spin of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Tahir was
another disappointing factor but given the nature of the deck, one expects him to offer more as the game proceeds to the final two days.
Despite the evident lack of wickets, Donald was still pleased with the performance of his bowlers but wants them to show a bit more aggression when they come out for the all important day 2.
"There were times I thought we could have been a little bit more aggressive. The only thing that really lacked was the moment where we could pounce, but overall I would take that day.
"We've got to make inroads tomorrow early. That's our big goal, to open up an end and carry on from there. It's a huge day for us tomorrow."
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