SA: The flop story continues
Financial Express Mumbai|December 30, 2023
SOUTH AFRICA INTIMIDATES batsmen. The bounce frightens them; worse when invariable bounce kicks in. The pace harries them; if the surface does not offer, the pacemen would.
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SA: The flop story continues

The sideways movement torments them, when it does not swing, it would inevitably seam. Nullifying even one of the devils is arduous enough, a combination of all three would make batting an ordeal of fire for even highgrade batters. In case none of the elements conspire, the country's ever-stocked stable of thoroughbred pacemen would wreak havoc and misery.

History offers lessons. Only one overseas batsman has managed five hundreds ever in the country. That is Sachin Tendulkar. The next on the list is Wally Hammond, with four.Several of the greats from the subcontinent have left these shores, crushed and stung. Rahul Dravid, that great condition transcending technician, averages 29.71; the Pakistani virtuoso Inzamam-ul-Haq fared slightly better, at 31.78.

Batches of batsmen from the subcontinent with brimming self-belief have returned home with crushed morale. The latest band of India's youngsters too realised the bitter truth in three humiliating days in Centurion.

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