Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma battled against one bowler on the recent India tour, but coach Mark Boucher is not panicking.
There is a tendency at elite sport level to chuck a straggler on the scrapheap and pick the shiny new thing. In South African rugby that trait was common, but coaches such as Jake White and Rassie Erasmus changed the trend by being true to their plan even when it came with challenges.
But coach Mark Boucher is not panicking, because it’s his job to be analytical and unemotional about selection and form. And through this prism he sees a different picture than do critics and fans. Framed like that, it’s clear Bavuma didn’t really have a batting problem, he had a Bhuvneshwar problem. “Temba loves being challenged. He wants to work on his game; he wants to improve. I’ve got no doubt that given a bit of time, when we get him to a bowling machine and work on a couple of things, he will come through.
The coach will draw a line in the sand and ask players to meet that marker — whether bowlers or batters — but stats without context are useless. “We did it last year with regards to scoring all around the wicket. You would have seen reverse sweeps come in; guys who have never lapped before, they’ve got the lap option and the reverse lap.
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