We bowled well in parts, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 – Cricket News Update
South Africa’s veteran pacer, Dale Steyn, has revealed some interesting facts about his team’s fielding strategy on Day 2 of the 2nd Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, telling that they lacked consistency in their bowling which produced both benefits
and harms at the same time.
Steyn said this while talking to media after closure of yesterday’s play at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
Taking a bad start in the morning, the Proteas went on to put pressure on the Kangaroos in the second session of the day by grabbing wickets with regular intervals. Steyn, who struggled hard in the start, bowled 4 players after conceding 64 runs in 18 overs,
hastening the end of Australia’s innings.
Thus, the Aussies amassed 296 runs in their first innings, courtesy to 88-run knock each by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Phillip-Hughes-c2185. Before this, the Africans had made 266 on Day 1.
Steyn churned out that he managed to transform his slow start into a marvellous end. “I started off a bit slow this morning. Like anybody else, sometimes you wake up and you are not up for it. I'm not saying that I wasn't up for the occasion but sometimes
your body says to you, you need to take it easy, so Graeme [Smith] used me in short bursts," stated the bowler.
About his team’s overall bowling show, he told, “We bowled well in parts. We'd bowl three good balls, a bad ball that would go for four and then two good balls. It seemed that every time we bowled a bad ball it went for four, so the Aussies were cruising
at five runs an over."
The pacer divulged that his skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473, instructed the bowlers during the lunch break that they would have to step into the field with an offensive approach, and this strategy worked.
The 28-year-old has been a spearhead of South Africa’s pace attack since his international debut in 2004. He has bagged 244 Test wickets in 47 matches so far.
The ongoing Test is the last one of the two-match series. The home team won the first game tremendously by 8 wickets.
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