NEW DELHI: Captain Temba Bavuma wants his front-line batsmen to score more quickly when the second match of South Africa's two-Test series against the West Indies begins on Thursday in Georgetown, Guyana.
As play was halted by rain on three of the five days, the first Test in Port of Spain was drawn, as per Reuters.
"The batters need to be a lot more ruthless. The guys who get the opportunity to settle in, must really go on and get a base score for the team that will give us a lot more time from a bowling point of view," Bavuma told a press conference on Wednesday.
"There was obviously a little bit of frustration at the fact that with a little bit more time, a result could have been possible."
As it was in Trinidad and Tobago, where South Africa failed in their bid to bowl out the West Indians in the final two sessions of the day, they should expect a placid pitch in Guyana.
"I think the bowlers did as best as they could, considering what was in front of them. There was a miraculous effort from Keshav (Maharaj), basically bowling of half the overs of the innings."
Bavuma, Tony de Zorzi, and Tristan Stubbs were the three South Africans who achieved half-centuries in the opening Test.
"The confidence is growing within the team, it's a young, inexperienced side. I think it's just a case of us working on that, putting it all together, which I believe will really make us a formidable team," Bavuma added.
