Proteas batting is described as disappointing by David Miller: ‘Well, duh'
On Thursday, South Africa gave a poor performance in the last T20 against India at the Wanderers, with David Miller describing the batting as disappointing. To which the proper response would be: “Well, duh."
The Proteas were bowled out for 95 in 14 overs, giving India a series-tying 116-run win.
Miller, who finished with 35, the top score in that dismal batting performance, said, “We are good enough to play better than that. The pitch changed, said Miller, going from a belter when India batted and put up 201/7 with Suryakumar Yadav, making a hundred, to one where balls kept low and others popped off a good length.
But that’s nowhere near being a good enough excuse.
Millar also said, “It was a par score. It was a really good wicket, but then things changed; it wasn’t the same wicket as in the first inning. It is difficult to go at 10 an over when the ball is keeping low, but we should have been good enough to adapt, and we weren’t.”
The outcome wouldn’t have any bearing on South Africa's preparations for the next T20 World Cup, which takes place in the US and Caribbean in six months, he explained. There is too much cricket that still needs to be played before then. Not any international cricket, but a lot in different leagues.