Warriors don’t mind having backs to wall, says skipper

• Published date: 25 April 2024
• Publication title: Herald, The (Port Elizabeth, South Africa)

After a whirlwind start to the competition, which saw them go on an eight-game unbeaten run alongside a solitary loss to lead the pack, they looked well on course to host a semifinal at Dafabet St George’s Park

However, they descended into a dizzying downward spiral, suffering defeat on four consecutive occasions in their last five matches, including a seven-wicket loss to the Dolphins in their final group match to drop to third in the standings.

Despite that run of bad form, Breetzke said he was confident his players would stand up and be counted with just two matches standing between them and a first domestic T20 trophy since the 2009/2010 season.

“I think when you go into a semifinal, it is a 50-50 game, regardless of how well the other teams are playing,” he said.

“I think it will come down to who can handle the pressure best in a knockout game.

“We are in a good space at the moment and just need to get our game on the field together.”

Breetzke said the batting department was one of the areas they needed to tidy up.

Losing wickets in clusters and failing to put together more than one decent partnership have seen the Gqeberha side fail to breach 150 in one of the last four matches.

“Our batting hasn’t been up to scratch, but in saying that, we took a lot of positives...