Proteas comfortable underdogs heading into battle with world champions
The Proteas will into their first Test against New Zealand - the current World Test Championship holders - as comfortable underdogs in Christchurch on Thursday.
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The Proteas will into their first Test against New Zealand - the current World Test Championship holders - as comfortable underdogs in Christchurch on Thursday.
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If, as the Proteas’s research would suggest, the Hagley Oval in Christchurch is fast and bouncy they won’t be too perturbed because those are conditions the South Africans are accustomed to and enjoy.
Proteas Test captain Dean Elgar said white-line fever will take over when they come across Devon Conway in the two-Test series against New Zealand this month.
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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will miss the upcoming Test series against South Africa after failing to recover from an elbow injury, Black Caps coach Gary Stead said on Tuesday.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will miss the two-match Test series against South Africa later this month after failing to recover in time from a long-standing elbow injury.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will miss the two-match test series against South Africa later this month after failing to recover in time from a long-standing elbow injury, the country's cricket board (NZC) said on Monday.