South Africa to Target David Warner in the Second Test as Ban Threat Looms Ahead

South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis says his side could look to tempt David Warner as ban threat looms ahead of him. Meanwhile, Warner is one point away from being banned by ICC for breaching their code of conduct.

Post his altercation with Quinton de Kock, ICC awarded three demerit points to Warner and deducted 75 percent of his match fees. As a result, the southpaw is one point short of an automatic suspension.

Proteas can target Warner:

Meanwhile, ahead of the series, Steve Smith talked about targetting Kagiso Rabada who is in line for a suspension. Now Warner could be in line for the same treatment from the hosts, says du Plessis.

“I didn’t think of it before the series but I did hear that yesterday and it’s probably being a little bit smart by being like that,” du Plessis said. “If you can entice someone to make a mistake to get them missing the rest of the series, that’s probably a tactical move. But before we came into the series when I looked at all the demerit points, all of it was on the South African team’s side. There wasn’t much on the Australian team. Now that it happened it’s a possible angle we can look to get to,” he added.

Meanwhile, Warner has apologized for his behavior but said he will not change his on-field behavior. Also, skipper Steve Smith has backed the aggressive style of play that he believes gets the best out his team.

Further, both the captains met the match referee and are keen to maintain their conduct on the field.

We play cricket in a different style:

Du Plessis admitted he has not lost any respect for how the tourists play the game. However, he mentioned that they play a different style of game, unlike Australia.

“When you play a team like New Zealand, they’re the nice guys, they’re really friendly and they don’t believe they need to play like that (aggressively),” du Plessis said. “They get results in the way that they play. Us as a team, very similar. Me, as a captain, don’t see much value in what you say on the field making an impact on the performance that you do have as a team,” he added.

“For me, it’s about focusing on what kind of presence you have as a team, what your body language is like, being positive. It’s not our style of play but as I said before Australia probably believes that’s the way they are the best team they can be is by being that sort of team,” he concluded.

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