“Unfortunately we are at the stage where it is happening right now and I have no doubt that in a year or two, we’ll look back at this time and see that this is where it started again for us.”
They have won just one of their last nine Test matches and Du Plessis reminded his team was in transition.
“We need guys to come into test cricket and just shine. That’s what used to happen and it eased the transition period a lot quicker.”“There is a gap where our next tier of bowlers need to be, to get to same quality as Rabada, Philander, Morkel and Steyn.”Zubayr Hamza who came into the Test set-up last year has averaged just 18 and was dropped for the fourth Test at the Wanderers.
On the plus side Quinton de Kock has been the most consistent performer with the bat for South Africa over the last year. He scored a half century in each of the four Tests against England. "He’s done a lot of work with Jacques Kallis on a little technical thing, he was getting out in similar ways, he fixed it and it paid off.
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