Stump Mic - Episode 02 - Fingers point at Dale Benkenstein - a podcast by Fine Leg Productions

"Vishwa Fernando is to Deal Elgar what Zaheer Kahn was to Graeme Smith." If ever there was an apt, and scything, analogy to describe one batsman's struggles over a bowler, this was it by KT.

The Proteas got whitewashed by Sri Lanka at home 2-0 in the Test series and we couldn't let it slide.

It was momentous for the Sri Lankans as they became the first Asian team to win a test series in South Africa.

Renowned cricket scribe Stuart Hess put it perfectly into context:

"Tendulkar, Dravid, Sangakarra, Jayawardene, Murali, Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam, Virat, Aravinda, Wasim, Waqar - all those great players from the sub-continent who couldn't win a Test series in SA. And its the 2019 Sri Lankan team captain by Dimuth Karunaratne who will. #SinkIn" - he tweeted.

If that doesn't tell you the gravity of the defeat for the South Africans and the magnitude of the victory for Sri Lanka, then nothing will.

This episode is a dedicated post mortem into what exactly went wrong for the Proteas and what went incredibly right for the visitors.

A lot of people blame the abject batting performance on the batting coach Dale Benkenstein. Should he shoulder the blame or did the South African lack the mental fortitude required to step up to the task?

What of ODI World Cup ambitions? Did those play in the minds of the players and they simply couldn't rouse themselves for the Sri Lankan challenge?

We find this out from our panel of Sbu Mjikeliso as well as Sunday Times sports writer Khanyiso Tshwaku.

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