SOMETIMES, JP Duminy's lift does not go to the top floor. At the SA team's Harare hotel this week, it did not even get off the ground. All in a day's work for an international cricketer, Duminy said yesterday.
"Things don't always go your way," he said. "The lifts don't work, as happened yesterday in the hotel. But those are just the challenges you have to face."
SA are looking to keep uppermost whatever challenges they can find as they prepare for one of the least taxing assignments test cricket can throw at them - playing Zimbabwe. The one-off match at Harare Sports Club starts tomorrow, and the portents look good for a crushing SA victory achieved well inside five days.
Of the seven previous tests the teams have contested, SA have won six, five of them in four or fewer days, and four by an innings. With SA reinstalled at No1, Zimbabwe having won only three of their last 10 tests, and no rain in Harare since May, another hiding seems probable.
But Duminy said: "To stay on top as the number one-ranked team in the world you have to make sure you deal with those situations and respect every team that you play against."
Duminy talks up Zimbabwe test
SOMETIMES, JP Duminy's lift does not go to the top floor. At the SA team's Harare hotel this week, it did not even get off the ground. All in a day's work for an international cricketer, Duminy said yesterday.
"Things don't always go your way," he said. "The lifts don't work, as happened yesterday in the hotel. But those are just the challenges you have to face."
SA are looking to keep uppermost whatever challenges they can find as they prepare for one of the least taxing assignments test cricket can throw at them - playing Zimbabwe. The one-off match at Harare Sports Club starts tomorrow, and the portents look good for a crushing SA victory achieved well inside five days.
Of the seven previous tests the teams have contested, SA have won six, five of them in four or fewer days, and four by an innings. With SA reinstalled at No1, Zimbabwe having won only three of their last 10 tests, and no rain in Harare since May, another hiding seems probable.
But Duminy said: "To stay on top as the number one-ranked team in the world you have to make sure you deal with those situations and respect every team that you play against."
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