Sarel Erwee

South Africa opener has come into the Test side via the Surrey Premier League and his gritty style frustrated England at Lord's.

His form finally won him a call-up in 2021 and he finally made his debut on a tour of New Zealand this year. Erwee is close mates with Jason Roy, has been ever since they spent time together at a cricket academy back in 2012. But instead he went for Kirsten, the man who played some of the most bum-numbing innings in the history of the game: 275 off 642 balls at Durban in 1999, 210 off 525 at Old Trafford in 1998, 130 off 323 at Headingley in 2003. Erwee batted for four hours or so, faced 146 balls, and scored 73 runs, although he’s one of those batsmen who seems to make time go more slowly, and the interminable afternoon session, when England seemed to be flat out of ideas about how to get him out, felt as if it might have stretched on into autumn. One was that if you hit it over the fence it was a six, another was that if you hit it into the flower beds it was a wicket, and the last was that before you started they both had to nominate who you they were going to be and then try to play like them, too. So there is a story about Sarel Erwee, and how he used to hang with the South African middle‑distance runner André Olivier when they were children.

For the antithesis of Bazball, perhaps even an antidote, look no further than South Africa's 32-year-old opener Sarel Erwee who patiently chiselled his way ...

Captain Dean Elgar spoke admiringly of Erwee's ability to 'bat time' when he was first selected and enjoyed the prospect of having a partner with the same grit and determination at the top of the order. 'I try to stay in the moment, keep my mind calm. He's seen far too many of the game's vicissitudes and life's ups and downs. 'We don't focus on it enough in South Africa, not just in cricket, in all sports,' Erwee said before the tour started. But he was soon back in the lower ranks. and now he is the antithesis of Bazball!

Fortunately for Erwee, the batsman, Ollie Pope, did not punish South Africa too much more because Kagiso Rabada bowled him soon afterwards en route to a five- ...

Proteas opener Sarel Erwee said one of his tougher tasks was to control his emotions of playing at Lord's on the second day of the first Test against ...

It was about trying to be aware as much as possible in terms of playing and then getting out of the way," he said. If you know what they're trying to do, you sometimes have a clear plan that doesn't always go to plan." "One had to watch the ball for as long as possible and play it as intently as one could." "The space that I'm in and the time that I'm playing cricket for South Africa is when I'm trying to do my best as possible. "Some of the balls stuck in the wicket and some skidded through a touch. Proteas opener Sarel Erwee said one of his tougher tasks was to control the emotions of playing at Lord's on the second day of the first Test against England on Thursday.

Dean Elgar-led South Africa have taken control of the proceedings after extending their lead to 124 on Day 2 of the ongoing first Test against England at ...

“It’s basically a childhood dream to be up on the Lord’s honours board. He tried to fend off the ball but ended up giving a simple catch to wicketkeeper Ben Foakes. The right-armer picked up a five-wicket haul.

Kagiso Rabada claimed a five-wicket haul earlier in the day to dismiss England for 165 at Lord's.

The Proteas new opener started after lunch with two fine drives for four before he took advantage of England’s attacking field with four slips to help himself to a succession of singles and twos in his fifth Test. Opener Erwee backed up fine work at the start of the day by Kagiso Rabada, who claimed a five-wicket haul, to reach tea unbeaten on 60 with South Africa 158 for two and firmly on top. Sarel Erwee’s unbeaten half-century helped South Africa take further control of the first Test against England by moving within touching distance of a first innings’ lead at tea on day two at Lord’s.

South Africa 289 for 7 (Jansen 41*, Rabada 3*) lead England 165 (Pope 73, Rabada 5-52, Nortje 3-63) by 124 runs. By Russell Chattaraj. August 19, 2022.

Rabada increased his reputation as one of the most incisive fast bowlers of all time following a seven-over session that saw England dismissed inside the first hour, earning him his 12th five-for in Test matches and a spot on the Lord’s honours board. Erwee, who had maintained his composure throughout the day, was the target of a head-hunting bouncer who he was able to only glove through to the keeper. Another 31 runs were managed by the tail, with Broad swinging Anrich Nortje through the covers before misfiring a slower ball from Rabada to point. After Rassie van der Dussen was pinned in front and a fierce bouncer knocked out Erwee, England struggled when Stokes returned to end the day by breaking a 72-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Maharaj was caught hooking at Stokes, but Jansen displayed his all-round prowess with a barrage of boundaries as the Lord’s shadows became longer. UNITED KINGDOM: Ben Stokes put on a typically ‘talismanic’ performance as the home team tried to Baz-brawl their way back into contention.

England captain Ben Stokes gave it his all on the second day, and he bowled a fiery spell, with a barrage of bouncers, and this helped him return with three ...

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