Johannesburg, Sep 12: South Africa assistant coach Russell Domingo believes the Twenty20 match against England on Monday, which was affected by rain, has given the Proteas the ideal preparation leading into the ICC World T20 in Sri Lanka.
The match that was reduced to a nine-overs a side contest was abandoned before the allotted overs. But some key basics were taken from the abandoned result.
“I don''t think the national side has been involved in a lot of these shorter type of games, so going to the World T20 where those situations could be a possibility is probably a great exercise for us,” Sports24 quoted Domingo, as saying.
“It gave us some idea of how to approach our innings, how to approach our defence when we''re bowling, and our strategies in those situations. There was massive value in having a shortened version, because that is a distinct possibility going into a World Cup,” he added.
South Africa take a 1-0 series lead into the final clash at Edgbaston on Wednesday.
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