Stuurman makes a play for Proteas selection

Ahead of the third four-day clash against India A, Stuurman is the series’ joint top wicket-taker, alongside India’s Navdeep Saini, with seven wickets from two games following an impressive display with the ball in last week’s drawn game, returning with match figures of 7/99 as South Africa remain in the hunt for a home series win. 

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“I am happy with my performance, happy with the way that I could contribute towards the team performance,” the Warriors seamer said.

“With the game going four days, it showed that it was a great one and overall, if we think back and we are very hard on ourselves, in certain areas we can improve as a unit, with bat and ball

“I was happy to contribute and happy to have gotten a few wickets, and looking forward to the next game,” he added.

In the hard-fought draw in the second game, Stuurman scored some crucial runs down the batting order, before shining with ball in hand.

The Oudtshoorn-born rising star struck four times in the first innings and followed that up by taking all three Indian wickets to fall in the second innings as the subcontinent visitors were restricted to 155/3, chasing 234 on the final day, before bad light brought an end to the contest.

“First of all, it was a good game of cricket, both teams fancied their chances at the end to win this game, on a wicket that assisted the bowlers a little bit more than the first game,” noted Stuurman.

“Our batters showed a lot of fight to get us to a competitive total in the first innings. With the ball, it was important that we strike first, and as a bowling unit we bowled well, and everyone chipped in.

“We had a lot of starts but the batters couldn’t convert, and with the ball, we bowled well in patches. That’s the stuff we take from the game, and going forward into the last game, we will try to rectify.”

The third and final unofficial Test will get underway from 10:00 on Monday, 06 December with the action streamed live on SuperSport’s YouTube page and on channel 246 on DSTV Now.

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South Africa A squad to play India A:

Pieter Malan (captain, GbetsRocks), Sarel Erwee (Hollywoodbets Dolphins), Raynard van Tonder (ITEC Knights), Zubayr Hamza (Six Gun Grill Western Province),  Sinethemba Qeshile (Gbets Warriors), Senuran Muthusamy (North West Dragons), Marco Jansen (Gbets Warriors), Migael Pretorius (ITEC Knights), Beuran Hendricks (Six Gun Grill Western Province), Lutho Sipamla (Imperial Lions), Glenton Stuurman (Gbets Warriors), George Linde (Six Gun Grill Western Province), Jason Smith (Hollywoodbets Dolphins), Tony de Zorzi (Six Gun Grill Western Province), Prenelan Subrayen (Hollywoodbets Dolphins),

India A squad touring South Africa:

Priyank Panchal (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Baba Aparajith, Upendra Yadav (wicketkeeper), K Gowtham, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Umran Malik, Ishan Porel, Arzan Nagwaswalla

India A Tour to South Africa Itinerary:

December 2021

Mon 06 – Thu 09                          3rd Four-Day                           Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein