Sarel Erwee is eager to right the wrongs of the first Test against New Zealand

Johannesburg - Sarel Erwee’s was a Test debut he’d rather forget, but like his teammates who featured in that thrashing last week he is desperate to move on and implement the lessons learned from that experience for the next match starting on Friday.

Erwee made 10 and nought in his first Test, with the skills of Kyle Jamieson and Tim Southee proving too good for him at Hagley Oval last week. It was the same for his teammates in what turned into South Africa’s second worst Test defeat by an innings. However rather than pore over that outcome too much, everyone’s attention is on righting the wrongs the Proteas committed when the second Test rolls around.

“I don’t think many have a debut like that where the result doesn’t go the way you would like it. Conditions-wise, it was the most testing I will get to face. It was an incredible experience either way to be tested like that, just obviously disappointing not to get the result.”

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It has placed Erwee, in a unique position personally, although one in which the team has previously found itself - behind in the series, with many wondering if South Africa can improve sufficiently, to at least challenge New Zealand more than they did in the first match, and even, ultimately, beat them.

“We’re in a position where you know your back is against the wall and the only way to get through it is to fight, put your foot forward and throw the first punch. It’s not ideal that we started slow, but you will see a different energy and a different side this coming Test,” said Erwee.

Although the second Test will be played on a different surface, the conditions at Hagley Oval are still expected to be