South Africa’s Graeme Smith believes his team has answered questions about the quality of their attack in the series against West Indies, which they won 2-0 after the fourth test was drawn on Tuesday.
“The bowlers stepped up when it counted, Andre Nel and Makhaya Ntini created the inroads for us up front,” South Africa captain Smith told a news conference.
Between them fast bowlers Nel and Ntini took 34 of the 54 West Indian wickets to fall in the series.
“I don’t think anyone was questioning our ability to bat and score runs,” Smith said. “The main question was how we were going to take 20 wickets.”
South Africa took the series with a victory by eight wickets in the second test in Port of Spain and a win in the third test in Bridgetown by an innings and 86 runs.
The teams now start a five-match one-day series with games in Kingston on Saturday and Sunday, and Smith expects a stern challenge from the home side.
“We will have to make a very big mental shift for the one-day series,” he said. “I think one-day cricket suits the Windies better because they’ve got power batting.”
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