The captain replied in the best way to the insults he has had to take from nobodies
Proteas captainTemba Bavuma. Picture: GORDON ARONS/GALLO IMAGES
Temba Bavuma’s century at the Mangaung Oval on Sunday afternoon was one of the greatest “statement” innings in SA’s cricket history. The tribulations of his own career for the previous six months were enough to have broken most cricketers, but there was so much more on his shoulders.He is not alone in captaining a SA team to an inglorious World Cup exit though his wretched form during the T20 in Australia made the experience worse. However chastening it was on the field, at least it was on the field. Some of the invective from anonymous nobodies which followed was actionable libel. Try as he might, he could not ignore it.
Whatever happens in the final game in Kimberley on Wednesday, and whether his team have to pre-qualify for the World Cup, Bavuma’s century on Sunday will always be one of the great limited overs innings for SA.
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