Petersen confident Rickelton can handle Lord's slope

ONE of the biggest questions that the South African batters will need to have answers for in the World Test Championship final is the slope at Lord's.

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Can the Proteas batters see out the Australian quicks with the slope at the famous London ground?

Former Proteas Test opener Alviro Petersen, having played at Lord's, feels that Ryan Rickelton, who will open the batting with Aiden Markram, should have no problems with the slope, given that he plays at the Wanderers, where there is one as well.

Petersen highlighted the importance of playing straight in England as an opening batter due to the conditions.

“I think Rickleton will be okay in terms of the slope because he plays at the Wanderers, where there’s a slope. That will help him, or at least it will give him some sort of confidence to play on the slope,” Petersen told Independent Media.