LETTING RIP: Leg-spinner Nqaba Peter rips a delivery through in the Lions’ CSA T20 Challenge final against the Dolphins at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. (Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images)
Sydney Seshibedi
Not long after he began his spell as the Eastern Cape Iinyathi head coach, Paul Adams got a text from fellow former Western Province and Proteas player Rory Kleinveldt asking him if he’d found an interesting talent in the region.
Adams told him about a 19-year-old leg-spinner he thought had a high ceiling but was understandably raw. This week, Adams sent Kleinveldt a screen shot of their conversation with the caption: “Do you remember this? The Bra is playing for South Africa now!”
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