Have Proteas JP and Miller lost their mojo?

18 February 2016 - 02:36 By Telford Vice

Don't touch Russell Domingo on his players. Even those who have gone six and nine, completed one-day and Test innings without scoring 50 or been the only man in a squad not to crack the selection nod in a series.Those players are JP Duminy and David Miller, both among the finest in the game.Asked on Wednesday if he was concerned about their missing mojo ahead of the Twenty20s South Africa will play against England at Newlands and the Wanderers on Friday and Sunday, Domingo came out swinging."[Duminy's] not in bad form, he's playing really well."The last T20 game he played we chased 200 and he won the game for us and was the man of the series."Unfortunately, if a player misses out once or twice, gets a bad decision, plays a few bad shots, people write them off."So why was Duminy dropped for the deciding ODI against England on Sunday, and at his home ground of Newlands?"We know he's a quality player and we wanted to have a look at Rilee Rossouw," said Domingo."[Duminy] has played every one-day game for us for the past six or seven months, so it was a good time for him to have a break."What about Miller, who sat out all five matches of the ODI series against England?"We can only play six or seven batsmen. It's difficult to leave out 'Quinny' [de Kock], Hashim [Amla], Faf [du Plessis], quite difficult to leave out AB [de Villiers]. JP's a hell of a player. Rilee's come back into the side. Farhaan [Behardien] has done really well. If you look at his last year of one-day cricket, he's averaging nearly 50."There's always going to be someone who's unlucky. My son feels he should be playing under-13 As - he's playing under-13 Bs."..

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