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Proteas to go with continuity for Nepal─── MORGAN PIEK 07:40 Thu, 13 Jun 2024
“Obviously, it was a tough sort of outing in New York for the top order, so certainly, you know, I don't want to change there. I want to allow the guys to hopefully play on a better surface.”
The Proteas will stick to what has worked thus far at the ICC T20 World Cup when they face Nepal on Saturday in their final group game.
The Proteas are in the West Indies for their Group C game, and while they have already booked their place in the Super 8s, they will be targeting consistency heading into the next round.
The Proteas played all three of their previous games in New York and the batters up front haven’t excelled, as the wicket was much more suited to bowling.
‘We will not make too many changes’
The Proteas coach, Rob Walter, said they won’t just chop and change to give other players an opportunity.
“Look, we will not make too many changes unless the conditions tell us to do that,” said Walter.
“Obviously, it was a tough sort of outing in New York for the top order, so certainly, you know, I don't want to change there. I want to allow the guys to hopefully play on a better surface.
“From a bowling point of view, conditions were in our favour, very much being able to bowl in the mould that we do in South Africa from a hard length point of view, and just using the deck to give us that variation.
‘Conditions will dictate’
“But we still have areas in our game that we need to touch up on and improve on.
“So we want to keep some consistency there and we obviously want to keep getting better as a team. So, as I said, conditions will dictate.”
Saturday’s match between South Africa and Nepal in Kingstown, St Vincent, starts at 01:30 am.
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