Proteas coach blasts ‘one-dimensional’ bowling

PROTEAS coach Shukri Conrad felt a one-dimensional bowling attack bereft of ideas had allowed England to score their record total of 304 in the second of three International T20s at Old Trafford in Manchester on Friday night. SA could only manage 158 in reply, losing by a whopping 146 runs.

- ROWAN CALLAGHAN

Phil Salt’s record score of 141, and a quickfire 83 by his opening partner Jos Bulter, propelled the hosts to their highest T20I score in history as they bludgeoned the SA attack to all parts of the ground from the first ball.

A Proteas bowling attack minus Keshav Maharaj and Lungi Ngidi had no answers to the assault, with young speedster Kwena Maphaka arguably the pick of the bowlers.

Conrad was critical afterwards of their failure to adapt their tactics to suit the pressure situation, as well as the lack of variation in their bowling.