Adapt or perish: Prince's call to SA

PROTEAS batting coach Ashwell Prince has called on the visitors to be more “adaptable” in the second T201 against India today in New Chandigarh.

- ZAAHIER ADAMS.

The Proteas were blown away in the first of the five-match series for a record low 74 on a bowler-friendly surface in Cuttack.

“I thought the pitch was good; not every pitch that you bat on is supposed to be a 220 pitch,’ Prince said, after the 105-run defeat.

“The Indian bowlers asked a lot of good questions and ultimately we weren't able to answer. I think, as a cricketer, that should be a massive word (adaptable) in everybody's vocabulary because in cricket matches, you pitch up.

“When you look down at the surface, you have an idea of what it’s going to do, but you don't really know what it’s going to do until you bat and bowl on it. Being able to adapt to what it’s doing on the day, that’s the key.”