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LET’S FACE IT, SA HAS A BATTING CRISIS

DAY 3 OF 5: PAKISTAN 272

(Shaheem 78*, Babar 77. Nortje 5/53) and 129/6 (Rizwan 28*. Linde 3/12)

SOUTH AFRICA 201

(Bavuma 44*. Hasan 5/54)

SOUTH African batting is broken. There’s no point trying to sugarcoat it – it’s a full-blown crisis for South African cricket and it demands urgent attention.

It’s not a sub-continent thing. South Africa bats badly everywhere, and

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