Verreynne spent just over four hours to score his second Test century. South Africa had fallen to 99 for five in reply to Bangladesh’s 106. The visitors finished the first on 140 for six before Verreynne added 119 runs with Wiaan Mulder, who made 54. Until he was dropped on the second afternoon, South Africa went ahead by 202 runs, a the ground of the Shere Bangla National Stadium.
Verreynne mentioned that since his first Test century in pristine Zealand reached normal levels, he rated his knock in Dhaka as moderately superior.
“It’s definitely the best innings of my Test career,” Verreynne mentioned. “It’s probably the toughest conditions I’ve played in in terms of heat and humidity. At home we don’t face long periods of spin bowling. About 90% of those innings were just against spin. Things happen quickly. It’s not like this. I have a lot of time to restart from a concentration point of view. This was without a doubt my most rewarding entry.
“This (century) felt better simply in relation to the context of the sport and the statuses. I think Pristine Zealand is a lot indistinguishable from our status at home. To do it on the continent in relatively difficult terrain and in difficult times, It’s more Certainly a bigger entry, hopefully bigger than the primary (century). In fact, I’m proud of it. It’s been a long time since New Zealand, so it’s great to be in another one. ”
Verreynne was particularly strong in the sweep. According to ESPNcricinfo statistics, he got 49 runs from the 29 sweeps he attempted, including the slow sweep. He hit five fours and a six in that region. Bangladesh spinners, normally very good in Dhaka, did not have much of a response against Verreynne.
He said a conversation the second morning with hitting coach Ashley Prince really helped him get perspective on what to do for the rest of the day. “Wiaan Mulder, myself and the batsmen had a chat this morning. We told batting coach Ashy P (Ashwell Prince) how we were going to try to approach things. The emphasis on enjoying the sweep was explicitly denied.
“It was more about how we backed up our options. Making sure we tried to score and didn’t go into our shells. We tried to play positively, put ourselves in better positions. We talked to Ashy P about batting with the tail. He gave me a lot of clarity when I was batting with (Dane ) Piedt and KG (Kagiso Rabada)”.
Verreynne said he often hits the sweep shot to spin, so he applied it regularly in this game, but the other batsmen have other types of scoring runs on their side.
“I don’t think there has been any extra emphasis (on the sweep shot). It’s something I’ve worked on quite a bit against spinners. It’s not really something specific to the subcontinent. I would play it at home against spin as much as possible. I would play it at home against spin as much as possible. I faced a lot of twists today, so that’s what I’m trying to do.
“A lot of guys have other ways of enjoying it. For me, that’s something I worked on. They noticed that Wiaan (Mulder), (Tony) de Zorzi and Ryan (Rickelton) scored runs through alternative disciplines. It’s one of my points strong, so I have to keep going.
Verreynne said the course played better in the morning session, but expects it to deteriorate further during the match.
“I feel like this morning (the sound) performed higher than the day before yesterday morning. I don’t know if it got harder or there wasn’t as much humidity. It feels like it’s getting difficult because time has passed for a long time. It continued like this that the next day and moving forward in the test, (the sound) becomes more and more challenging.
