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October 10, 2011
South Africa's national squad trained together for the first time in over six months on Monday, but their long layoff has not cooled their desire to take on an old enemy, Australia. Robin Peterson believes the winter break and the nature of the opposition have provided enough motivation to have them raring to go.
"Even though we hate to admit it we probably are more psyched to play them [Australia]. We come from a similar background where we're all competitive and we respect each other for that," Peterson said in Cape Town. "A lot of the guys have played enough cricket in the past weeks to be ready and in form."
Eight of South Africa 15-man team was recently involved in the Champions League, while the other seven had two weeks from the first class cricket to prepare for the season. One of them, wicketkeeper Heino Kuhn, eagerly awaiting the start of the international season, as he sees it as an opportunity to get another shot at a big occasion.
"For me, it will be like a final. I have this unique opportunity to reach," said Kuhn. "One thing I learned from AB [de Villiers] is to take the opportunity and I want to take it with both hands." Kuhn has played in three South African T20, almost two years against England and the next two against Zimbabwe last year.
Despite being assigned as a long-term successor to Mark Boucher, playing in numerous visits and a team has a first-class average of over 40 years, he never even had a chance in an ODI, a sign that voters are not ready Kuhn to step up. The 27-year-old believes he can do, however, and said the two matches will give him a chance to "show my skills against the Australians."
He did not feel that I had to do something special and said his custody will be the norm because "I like to catch the ball." In two first class matches this season, Kuhn has made seven catches and a stumping
It is perhaps with the bat in his hand is going to convince Kuhn. We have already adjusted the interest of the national coaches' unbeaten 90, with a rotating field for the Titans game against the Dolphins in the SuperSport Series last weekend in Pietermaritzburg. Though you have to ask in a different format, Kuhn is convinced he can make the adjustment quickly. "I'm not worried about the adaptation of four days in T20 cricket so quickly. I do not think there's a big difference, "he said." Many people think that cricket in the T20 just have to slog the ball, but you can get really good shots limit to play cricket. "
Kuhn probably bat at number 6 or 7 positions traditionally reserved for a great hitter, and Kuhn will be under pressure to perform. One of these Albie Morkel slots, but the multi was rejected by the abdominal muscle strain and was replaced by Ryan McLaren. Kuhn and McLaren will have to form the pair that is a breakdown of the final. "Albie's injury puts pressure on us a little more mass-wise, but a good challenge for the lowest order," he said.
Morkel joined in the emergency room with the new master limited off AB de Villiers, who had to leave the team after breaking a finger in the Champions League. This means that South Africa will begin their season with a somewhat shaky note, with Hashim Amla standing as a standard.
Peterson believes Amla enjoys his new position, and adequate guidance for the team of the season. "It 'a natural leader. And' he the captain or not, will always lead from the front. He is one of those guys who quietly go about their business," says Peterson. "Each different and unique. They are doing things their own way, and Hashimoto's doing his own way, and it is important if you are going to succeed at this level."
While the spotlight will be the goalkeeper and captain, there is also some interest in Peterson, who will take the field for the first time in an international context as his dream of racing the World Cup, where he finished top of the South Africa wicket-taker. He is anxious to repeat that success at home, in circumstances that are not as Spinner-friendly.
Peterson said he would stick to the basics in order to have windows. "I do not think too much about the application of more flights and that kind of issues. It's just my natural style of bowling and if I can take wickets in the process, then I'll steal. I try to mix things against different players. Sometimes faster, sometimes more than theft. This adaptation. "
Without Dale Steyn in the T20 group, South Africa has been made more aware of the dangers for the pair of opening of Australia, David Warner and Shane Watson, but Peterson said they will not be isolated as only players to target. "It's not just Warner and Watson, there are like six or seven players who can take the game away from you," he said. "We focus not only on the pair of opening."
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