Top 5 outstanding individual performances from the SA vs ENG T20I series
These 5 talented players have cemented a permanent spot in their respective XIs with some awe-inspiring displays. It would only be natural to foresee that these players will go onto achieve much greater thing.
4. Witty cutters and skiddy bouncers from Sam Curran
Sam Curran has previously been regarded as a red ball specialist whose bowling lacks basic potency on the frequently flat pitches of T20 cricket. However, he has put at rest to such premature statements with such a fine 3-28 in the 1st T20I.
He was handed the new ball because Morgan realised that if there was any swing, Curran would be the one to find it. Despite the lack of movement, he forced Temba Bavuma into playing a rashly executed scoop into the waiting hands of Jos Buttler. No wonder people call him the man who “makes things happen”!
However, it was in the middle overs where Sam Curran shined the most: he served up a delectable buffet of sumptuous cutters and changes of pace on a sticky wicket. This shows the admirable game awareness that Curran is blessed with in bucket loads. He used this cricketing intellect to dismiss a set Faf Du Plessis with an intelligent slower ball bumper that urged Du Plessis to hit to the long boundary.
In addition, Sam Curran bowled an unexpected bouncer which took Heinrich Klaasen by understandable surprise. Another clever wicket for a very clever bowler.
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