Keshav Maharaj is looking forward to more spin-friendly conditions in Guyana for the second Test between the Proteas and West Indies.
The Proteas' premier spin bowler sent down more than 66 overs in the rain-affected match in Port of Spain.The Proteas’ first choice spinner, Keshav Maharaj, says he is happy to bowl many overs and carry the South African bowling attack ahead of the second Test against the West Indies, starting in Providence, Guyana, on Thursday.
Maharaj though did the bulk of the bowling for his team on what he called a “placid” pitch. He sent down 66.2 overs in total, more than double that of any other bowler in the Proteas team, and ultimatelyMaharaj though said he didn’t mind bowling a lot and that he’d be happy to turn his arm over if “woken up in the middle of the night”.“My passion is spin bowling. I’d do it in the middle of the night if you woke me up and asked me to bowl,” he said after the first Test in Port of Spain.
Maharaj said conditions at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad became tame because of all the rain that fell, that made taking wickets extremely difficult., but will take a lot of confidence from the match.“The wicket got better and better though as the game went on. Without all the rain it would have deteriorated more, so the weather played a big part; it didn’t offer much and was slow.”SA’s premier spin bowler said he was excited to get back into action in Guyana from Thursday.
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