DURBAN, South Africa: South Africa are feeding off the confidence built over the last few months of success but still need to improve aspects of their play in their next matches, said coach Shukri Conrad after Saturday’s first test success over Sri Lanka.
“There’s a lot to be said for confidence and feeding off each other. Obviously, there’s a lot of talk amongst the players around the know-how and how to go about processes,” Conrad said.
“There’s a lot of sharing of knowledge, not from us as coaches necessarily but amongst the peers. I think a lot’s got to be said for knowing that when conditions are really good, that we have the ability to get hundreds.”
South Africa have now won four tests in a row and remain on course for a place in the World Test Championship final.
They must win at least two of their three remaining tests in the 2024-25 cycle against Sri Lanka next week in Gqeberha and Pakistan shortly afterwards in Pretoria and Cape Town.
The 233-run victory at Kingsmead came on the back of not only an 11-wicket haul for lanky speedster Marco Jansen but centuries for captain Temba Bavuma and the hard-hitting Tristan Stubbs that have added to the belief in the ranks. (Reuters)
