'Quinton de Kock is CEAT International Cricketer of the Week'

By the time you read this at least one of the semi-final line-up for the ICC World Twenty Twenty would have been decided. The T20 format is such that it levels the competition and as was seen from the performance of Afghanistan that even an associate team can give the full member teams a run for their money.

Not too many bowlers enjoy the format as they are invariably on a hiding to nothing though India's Ravi Ashwin has been among the few bowlers who have won a man of the match award in this format more than once. On India's spinning pitches Ashwin and his partner Ravindra Jadeja have been terrific as they have made it hard for the opposition batsmen to counter them. On other pitches especially the one at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai the batsmen have enjoyed themselves as the ball has come through nicely and the true bounce has allowed them to play through the line without too much worry about deviation from the pitch.

Quinton de Kock and Joe Root batted superbly in Mumbai in the England v South Africa game which England won in the final over of the match. It was a high scoring game with both teams getting over 200 runs and it was Joe Root's brilliant batting that gave England the push and the momentum to carve out a terrific win. Quinton de Kock earlier had scored a superb half-century. Martin Guptil who was surprisingly not picked by any franchise for the IPL has also been in great touch. He started the main tournament off with a six off the first ball with as straight a bat as one would love to see and he then followed up with a 48 ball 80 to get New Zealand to a good score against Pakistan.

However it is Quinton de Kock, who apart from the half-century also had 6 dismissals as the wicket keeper, who is the CEAT International Cricketer of the Week.

Source: PMG

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