Is Amla excited? Yes. How much? Enough.

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TELFORD VICE, Galle

Most of us would have been advised to “just be yourself” and to “keep it real” by people who mean well but perhaps do not have a proper grasp of the challenges we face.

However, Hashim Amla is not like most of us, and we have not had the benefit of someone as perceptive as Gary Kirsten cast a light into our lives.

When SA’s former coach was asked how the Proteas’ new test captain – who begins his tenure against Sri Lanka in Galle today – should tailor himself to fi...