Mumbai: Long before Ab De Villiers arrived, there was another Villiers de from South Africa Wowing the world of cricket, it was also a quick bowler.
Fanie de Villiers played 18 tests and 83 ODIS and had a quick bowling of alllan Donald’s colleague with his neat discipline.
The best chance of reading Alsoam India to win in South Africaindia still has the core of the team competing in 2018 intact and despite the middle-orders left, having arsenal bowling not to just penetrate, but frustrate and do a good job holding.
When the ball stops swinging, the Indian bowlers have thoughts to the stump stump bowl with Twonow 57, De Villiers spoke to Ti in an exclusive interview.
Quotation …
SA Test Captain Dean Elgar felt there was a threat of rain in Centurion.
Is bad weather threats for the first test? I live right next to the Centurion cricket field.
We have rained or storm here every day.
It rains even at night, which makes it very, very wet.
We have had one of our wetest summer.
I hope the rain will not affect the test.
Gloom surrounded South Africa Cricket today, with Covid-19 after being drowned by the Super League Mzansan T20 for the second year.
Allegations of racism are also abundant.
How important is the Indian series for Proteas? Cricket is an individual game in team sports.
Outside gossip and even controversial management cricket above did not really get to the player in the dressing room.
It is most individual battles on the field when you are out there.
The series against India will not be more important because of the problem outside the game.
Deadly Combo: Fanie de Villiers (right) and Allan Donald from South Africa celebrate victory after the first test against England in Lord in July, 1994.
(Photo by Ben Radford / Getty Images) Fast bowler Andrich Nortje has been ruled out of the series …
Nortje is a big disadvantage but Duanne Olivier is a similar type of bowler.
Nortje never really swung the ball.
He is a quick bowler.
That’s why I feel that Duanne is a kind of bowler that runs in and a quick bowl.
I think that if Nortje is a bowler swing self like Dale Steyn, or Inswing Bowler like Allan Donald, he will have lost a lot more.
Needless to say, Nortje is a fantastic cricket player.
He will be my first choice between two fast bowlers.
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This might be your best chance in our backyard.
How many India miss Rohit Sharma? Rohit has become a truly beautiful cricket player and is very helpful in Indian cricket.
I am sure that he is involved in many developing which takes place on the team.
As an outsider, we have seen so many spectacular (India) Batsmen comes forward that blows your mind.
That’s the reason why I feel that there are so many batsmen who can replace it and may do it well.
So basically, there are enough players to replace it, even though India will lose its seniority.
How do you really rate the Attack of Fast Bowling India? More speed gives better and successful bowlers on our field.
It is an area where your cricket has improved most.
How difficult is it on cricket today to live in tight bio-bubbles during the series? I can only imagine how difficult the tour can be with limited access and there is no freedom to roam around.
This must be very frustrating.
This might be the best chance of India in our backyard: Fanie de Villiers
