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Let Brevis just do his thing?
The Citizen
|October 30, 2025
Do we just accept the exuberance of youth of an ultra-talented, big hitting batter or do we shorten his leash and insist he start batting with a little less freedom for the sake of the team?
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These are the questions the Proteas selectors should be asking about 22-year-old sensation Dewald Brevis.
Now if Brevis was purely a T20 batter, then maybe the answer would be simpler.
But the reality is he is just too good to be only a smash and grab cricketer with only one gear.
He is being groomed into a player that will play a big role in all forms of the game for a long time to come.
This story is from the October 30, 2025 edition of The Citizen.
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