Stuart Hess stuart.hess@inl.co.za AT times it looked like a couple of naughty school kids passing crib notes to each other and not a professional cricket team trying to win a series.
Temba Bavuma had a note in his pocket while on the field. Up in the changeroom, Mark Boucher had another longer note. Boucher, Bavuma and the injured Rassie van der Dussen then looked to be comparing notes,. And at another point, Tabraiz Shamsi was passed a note by Bavuma, which Shamsi showed to Lizaad Williams in the dugout.
Given the age we live in, where a helicopter, controlled in Houston, is about to fly around Mars, passing notes does seem archaic.
There was nothing sinister about it, no classified secrets, just targets for the players, according to Boucher.
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