Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma didn't hide his disappointment at his attack, which was generally too wayward and ultimately at fault for the loss to Australia in the first ODI.
Moreover, the bowlers still managed to reduced the visitors to 113/7 in a smallish chase that should've seen the hosts take advantage had they simply been more disciplined overall.For more sports news, go to theProteas skipper Temba Bavuma made no effort to paper over the failings of his somewhat capricious attack despite the apparent comfort of a superficially close loss to Australia in the first ODI in Bloemfontein on Thursday night.
Asked to bat first on an uncharacteristically slow Mangaung Oval surface, the Proteas were indebted to Bavuma, whose magnificent, unbeaten 114 underpinned a battling total of 222. "In terms of the way we bowled, it's no secret that the way we went about things in the first 10 overs wasn't great," said Bavuma, referring to the fact that his bowlers leaked 69 runs in the first power-play.
Coetzee's castling off Alex Carey with a cracker that angled away off a fuller length was particularly reminiscent of a certain Dale Steyn."If you get the opposition into a position like that, you definitely expect yourself to clean up the game," said Bavuma. Perhaps armed with the optimism that a few of his key team-mates don't have much game time under their belts recently, Bavuma isn't wary of a losing groove setting in.
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