Proteas coach Mark Boucher is not happy with his bowling attack.
The ex-wicketkeeper could only watch on Sunday as his team failed to defend 223 runs in the final T20I against England at Centurion Park.
With England smashing South Africa’s bowlers to all parts of the ground, they claimed a 2-1 series win.
And with Australia lying in wait - with the first of three T20Is being played at the Wanderers on Friday, the coach wants to see more from the likes of fast bowlers Lungi Ngidi, Dale Steyn and Beuran Hendricks.
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He says: “Our bowling let us down [on Sunday].
“The mindset was right to bowl yorkers, but the execution wasn’t.
“The skill [level] I don’t think is where it should be and that’s something we need to work on.
“They [England] hit one or two yorkers for boundaries, but in between we bowled too many soft balls.”
With October’s T20 World Cup around the corner, Boucher believes the only remedy for their current situation is a bowling camp.
He explains: “I do think we’ve got wicket-taking ability, but as a unit we’re not hitting our straps enough.
“It’s quite difficult to work on things like that at the moment, this whole series against England has been so congested that you travel all the time.
“We are looking at putting together a camp.”
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The England tour was Boucher’s first as coach and he lost the Test series 3-1, drew the ODI series 1-1 and lost the T20I series 2-1.
Of the overall picture, he says: “We knew it was going to be tough and we understand that there is a lot of hard work to do.
“Our Test cricket is a long way off the mark - especially our batting. The guys need to get some confidence and up their levels of skill.
“In terms of ODI cricket, we have a young side - I’m happy with the way that went.
“We are in a stage now where we are rebuilding and if there’s a chance to give guys opportunities we must.”