Lyon’s constant interrogation meant that Bavuma was made to look like a shadow of the batter who so confidently stroked 179 only a week ago in Gqeberha.
He nudged and prodded and poked and nurdled but barely looked comfortable enough to shift any pressure back on the off-spinner, who’d already got him out twice in the series.
What didn’t help the South African captain was the lack of confidence he was deriving from his partner at the other end as Matthew Breetzke hung on even more grimly than his senior partner.
How Breetzke managed to survive a couple of Lyon spells was as much a curiosity as some of the behaviour from some of the patrons around Newlands as we got into the final quarter of play on a sunny Thursday.
Lyon’s constant interrogation meant that Bavuma was made to look like a shadow of the batter who so confidently stroked 179 only a week ago in Gqeberha. He nudged and prodded and poked and nurdled but barely looked comfortable enough to shift any pressure back on the off-spinner, who’d already got him out twice in the series. What didn’t help the South African captain was the lack of confidence he was deriving from his partner at the other end as Matthew Breetzke hung on even more grimly than his senior partner. How Breetzke managed to survive a couple of Lyon spells was as much a curiosity as some of the behaviour from some of the patrons around Newlands as we got into the final quarter of play on a sunny Thursday.
