South Africa won't be following England's template states van der Dussen

Rassie van der Dussen [Source: Twitter]

England displayed a powerful performance of their new 'approach' in the Test series against Pakistan. As a new era of English cricket starts under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes, the England team has dedicated themselves to the aggressive cricket template. 

South African batter Rassie van der Dussen is stricken by what the Three Lions are doing, his 'template' consists of more balance. The batter still isn't convinced of the English template and is sure that South Africa won't be following in England's footsteps.  

van der Dussen believes in balance

"That's an approach that can work if the conditions are really docile like it was in Pakistan. As soon as the bowlers are a bit more into it, like we saw at Lord's, it's a very fine line between going out and playing aggressively and then getting out, as opposed to being more disciplined.

"At the end of the day, you say well played but this is not the Test wickets we are used to. A week later we were at Lord's and it was going around and the bowlers were much more in the game. That's where the real quality batters will come to the fore - the guys who are disciplined in that fourth-stump channel, who can judge the length, who can play the short ball - short ball that can actually come up to head height and not just shoulder height. There needs to be some sort of risk element involved in batting."

"People like seeing that - a lot of shots and a lot of runs - but the purist and the real Test fan likes it when the balance is even between bat and ball and the bowlers are in the game as much as the batters."

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