After some ‘harsh words’, Proteas aim to hit back against Namibia in tri-series clash

With South Africa having lost to Namibia in the first ever game between the two sides last year, the second-string national side were handed another stunning defeat in the opening match of the T20 International tri-series last week.“Obviously we want to do fairly well and sort of put in a good performance going into the business end of the series, but in saying that, on both occasions (last year and last week) I do believe we were beaten by the better team (Namibia) for various reasons, whether it be their intensity just being higher than ours or them adjusting to conditions or sort of knowing what to do in those conditions better than we did.

Some ‘straight conversations’ However, though the Proteas were trying not to let last week’s defeat affect their confidence, Fortuin said they did have some tough discussions as a squad in an attempt to ensure they triumphed on Friday and again in this weekend’s T20 tri-series final.