AB confident South Africa can fix first Test woes
23 Oct 2013 5:29 AM IST
Speaking ahead of the second Test starting on Wednesday, the 29-year-old admitted South Africa were disappointed to lose by seven wickets in Abu Dhabi.
‘The mood is good, we’ve moved on from the disappointing performance, obviously we were hurt quite a bit after the Test, we haven’t played cricket like that in a long time and we were very, very disappointed,’ de Villiers said after team practice on Monday.
‘We’re finding ways to fix it and that’s the most important thing. We’ve looked at a few areas where we went wrong and we’re going to try and get it right,’ said de Villiers. ‘It’s a must-win game for us and we’re going in there with that attitude to win that game, we’re still the number one team in the world and we are going to play like it.’
Left-hander Dean Elgar is likely to replace Amla. Dale Steyn also suffered a back problem, but De Villiers believes the pacer will recover. ‘He did tweak something in the fielding practice yesterday, but we think it’s not too serious,’ he said.
‘The mood is good, we’ve moved on from the disappointing performance, obviously we were hurt quite a bit after the Test, we haven’t played cricket like that in a long time and we were very, very disappointed,’ de Villiers said after team practice on Monday.
‘We’re finding ways to fix it and that’s the most important thing. We’ve looked at a few areas where we went wrong and we’re going to try and get it right,’ said de Villiers. ‘It’s a must-win game for us and we’re going in there with that attitude to win that game, we’re still the number one team in the world and we are going to play like it.’
Left-hander Dean Elgar is likely to replace Amla. Dale Steyn also suffered a back problem, but De Villiers believes the pacer will recover. ‘He did tweak something in the fielding practice yesterday, but we think it’s not too serious,’ he said.
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