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Donald lambastes SA bowlers
13/07/2008 22:33 - (SA)
Johannesburg - Former South African fast bowler Allan Donald has lambasted South Africa's bowling attack in the first Test and predicted tough times ahead if the Proteas lost at Lord's.
While South Africa was battling to save the Test match, Donald, writing in his "Witblits" column in Afrikaans Sunday newspaper Sondag, took the Protea bowling attack to task for allowing England to dominate the first Test.
"With the exception of Morne Morkel, the Protea bowlers never asked enough questions of the England batting lineup in their innings," Donald wrote.
"It was as if they were all nervous and while they may have done well in world cricket in the last year or so, what we saw this week was far from their best."
Donald also said the pitch wasn't a factor in the bowling attack, which was supposed to be the Proteas' strength.
"All the pace bowlers bowled about a foot and half too short and Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini both weren't consistent enough to trouble England in their innings." Donald said he feared for Ntini on this tour.
"I'm really worried about him because he is a shadow of the bowler who took 10 wickets at Lords last time out. I also predicted that this will be the biggest test of Dale Steyn's career and he didn't play well under pressure."
Donald also had some scathing words about spin bowler Paul Harris, calling for the Proteas to rethink his selection.
"This is the third Test where he has let more than 100 runs in an innings through and, while I don't expect Paul to bowl teams out, he should at least help in applying the pressure for the bowling attack to attack from the other side.
"He is an important cog in the bowling attack and needs to function as such."
- SAPA
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