The South Africans’ pace attack challenge

The touring South Africans’ pace attack recalls a past era of great fast bowlers.

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17th March, 2012

In the test series against South Africa now under way, the Black Caps are being subjected to the sort of all-out pace barrage we haven’t seen too often in recent years. How they stand up to it will be a good measure of their progress towards becoming a serious force in test cricket. From the moment their plane touched down here, it’s been clear the South Africans see their pace attack as a trump card and suspect that our batsmen aren’t up to the challenge, either technically or mentally. There were indications during the Twenty20 and one-day international series that they may well ...

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