The Proteas suffered a chastening innings and 182-run defeat in the second Test against Australia in Melbourne to lose the series with one match to play.
Cameron Green didn’t bowl because of a fractured finger. Green took five for 27 in the first innings, while left-arm quick Mitchell Starc toiled through the pain of a dislocated left middle finger. He still managed to bowl 18 overs despite being in obvious discomfort.
Starc repeatedly warned De Bruyn to stay in his crease at the non-striker’s end. The Aussie bowler would’ve been within his rights to run De Bruyn out. The roots of the Proteas’ batting woes are multiple. The rise of T20 cricket and the different batting needs of that format, relatively few Tests compared with the other top nations, a weak domestic structure, and coaching and selection issues are all part of the stewing pot that is the Proteas’ collective batting failure.
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