We wanted to come hard at someone like Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 – Cricket News Update
Although the Proteas’ pacers may not have come up to the objective, but for the side’s fast bowler, Dale Steyn, has revealed that his team’s bowling line-up had kept Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978’s stumps in target, at the proceeding, series opening Test match,
being played at the Cape Town venue, November 9, 2011.
Steyn, who remained to the bowler of the day, after bagging an imposing haul of 4 wickets, said that the hosts’ pace line-up, made up of Steyn, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528 and debutant Vernon Philander, wanted to restrict Clarke, as he is a young leader for the side, and
that the approach would have resulted in a success, especially under the bowling friendly conditions of Newlands Stadium.
“We want to really come hard at someone like Clarke,” Steyn said. “He is a young skipper. That’s the thing you do with any team if they’ve got a new leader in conditions that are pretty tough. When he came out there, we went at him hard. If you can cut the
head off the leader, the rest of the body might fall apart.”
Having already wrapped up a successful Day 1 of the first Test outing between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 and the Australian tourists, the Proteas seemed to remain in command having already reduced the Kangaroos to lose 8 wickets after piling up 214 runs, complements to
Skipper Michael Clark’s undefeated century.
As for the South African bowling contribution, the damage came primarily through the imposing association of the pace duo, built on Steyn and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vernon-Philander-c2753, both of whom collected 7 wickets amongst them, including Steyn’s aggressive haul of 4 wickets
for 31 runs, and the debutante’s maiden bag of 3 for 54.
With the South African Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 in the 5th over, followed by Philander’s quick wicket of Phil Hughes in the next
over, which brought an end to Australia’s opening pair, leaving http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 to take charge of the crease – but unfortunately for the batters, both became victim to Steyn’s imposing bowling attack, departing off to the pavilion on
LBW dismissals.
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