If you are taking issues without any consideration, Mother Cricket goes to kick you on the bottom: South Africa pacer Marco Jansen

Marco Jansen is at present in England the place he’s taking half within the three-match Test sequence in opposition to the Three Lions. He picked up 4 wickets within the first Test at Lord’s.

Jansen doesn’t take issues without any consideration to keep away from Mother Cricket’s ‘kick on the backside. Courtesy: PTI

HIGHLIGHTSMarco Jansen played the Lord’s Test in opposition to EnglandJansen picked up the essential wicket of Joe Root in that recreationMarco Jansen made his Test debut final yr

South Africa quick bowler Marco Jansen has come up the ranks since he made his debut in opposition to India final yr in December on the SuperSport Park in Centurion. After choosing up 5 wickets, together with a four-fer within the second innings of his maiden Test, the left-armer hasn’t appeared again.

Recently, he picked up 4 wickets in South Africa’s large win over England within the opening Test on the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. One of his wickets was that of former Three Lions’ skipper Joe Root, who scored solely 14 runs throughout two innings of the match.

Jansen bowled an in-dipper and the ball jagged again to strike Root on the pads. Apart from Root, Jansen additionally has Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara as his main Test victims.

“I didn’t expect the ball to swing that much. The plan was to stick around that off stump or fourth stump area and let the ball pass through there. If it nips back then it brings all dismissals into play and if it just straightens, you can nick him off. When you get the big names out, it’s always a good feeling,” Jansen was quoted as saying on ESPNcricinfo.

Although he has additionally performed two ODIs and one T20I, it’s in Test cricket that Jansen has been capable of make a reputation for himself. Jansen talked about his love for the purest format of the sport.

“I enjoy the red-ball format. It’s the format where what you put in, you get out. If you bowl well, you will get wickets. If you bat well, you will score runs. That’s what I have enjoyed the most. And just being around the guys, they make it lekker [nice] to play the game,” he acknowledged.

South Africa have developed a robust bowling assault over the previous few months. However, Jansen mentioned that the bowlers have to hold working arduous and might’t afford to take issues without any consideration.

“I wouldn’t say we are unbeatable. We put in the hard yards and we are still putting in the hard yards. We don’t take anything for granted because we know when we do that, Mother Cricket is going to kick you on the backside,” Jansen added.

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