Every aspect of our game was below par at Centurion on Sunday but, as a batsman, I would rather accept blame for our mistakes than talk about the bowlers. We are all trying our hardest and, as the bowlers will always tell you, their job is the hardest!

    Two or three of us made really good starts and got ‘in’ before giving our wickets away with soft dismissals. Hashim and me both felt good and one of us, at least, should have made the kind of score we needed for the team to reach 280+.

Like everyone else in the squad I’m loving every minute of the tournament. My role as a batsman is less clearly defined then some others but I fully understand the reasons why. Most batsmen like to know exactly what their job is and to keep their ‘spot’ in the line-up, but that’s only in an ideal world.

If we have made a great start and have wickets in hand with just five or six overs then it makes sense for Albie or Mark to go in ahead of me to hit boundaries. It doesn’t mean to say that I can’t hit fours and sixes, but they are capable of clearing the ropes even more often.