Mosehle selection a long time coming

Centurion - Ray Jennings remembers the day he first saw Mangaliso Mosehle as if it was yesterday. He was one of the Proteas’ many T20 debutants in the team’s 19-run win against Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Friday evening.

“Mangi” did not disappoint on debut in this, the first of three T20s – his first scoring shot in international cricket being a square-driven six and his first dismissal a catch off fellow debutant Lungi Ngidi’s bowling.

“It was in 2007 when I looked at this little guy lying on his back, doing sit-ups during Under-17 fitness tests at Easterns,” says the legendary Jennings, a former Transvaal wicketkeeper and ex-SA Under-19 coach.