Cape Town – Number four … virtually throughout time in cricket, it has generally been considered the glamour position in any batting order. Unless there is going to be a slightly unexpected – or sometimes state-of-game-dependent? Even in domestic-level terms, Van der Dussen is not yet notably well-travelled, having been overlooked (or at least not chosen to probe opportunities yet) for county cricket, for example, thus far. Van der Dussen’s CV at this stage primarily shows exploits on our own turf, although he did have a spell a few months ago in the Caribbean Premier League, for what it is worth, with the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. An awful lot of Van der Dussen’s runs, at various levels of competition, have come on markedly differing Highveld pitches.

Source: News 24 March 28, 2019 15:00 UTC