{"id":20131,"date":"2013-06-03T21:29:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T19:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/duminy-says-hard-work-looms-for-proteas\/"},"modified":"2013-06-03T21:29:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T19:29:21","slug":"duminy-says-hard-work-looms-for-proteas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/duminy-says-hard-work-looms-for-proteas\/","title":{"rendered":"Duminy says hard work looms for Proteas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JP Duminy at a training session at the Adelaide Oval (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p>\n

JP Duminy<\/a> insists there is still a lot of hard work ahead, after his career-best 150 not out in the Proteas<\/a>\u2018\u00a0one-off ODI against the Netherlands on Friday in Amstelveen.<\/p>\n

Duminy made his comeback from injury after a seven month absence in the Proteas\u2019 first of two warm-up matches ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy<\/a> starting in England and Wales next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pleased with the way I performed,\u201d he said.\u201d It\u2019s the ideal way to come back but there is still a lot of hard work to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Netherlands is not the toughest opposition around so we are going to have our work cut out in the next week before our first game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to rave about my innings too much, there is a lot of good to take out of it but in saying that there is also a lot of work ahead. I think the work that I have put in over the last few months during my rehab has definitely helped and I\u2019m just happy that my comeback started off well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The middle order received a decent workout against the Netherlands attack and will be boosted after strong performances from Duminy, Faf du Plessis<\/a> and Colin Ingram.<\/p>\n

\u201cMyself and Colin made sure the intensity was up,\u201d he said about the 150-run partnership. \u201cWe worked on rotating the strike which was key at that stage of the innings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFaf and I looked to push the run-rate towards the end of the innings, he came in and was hitting the ball really well so we pushed that momentum, it was a great workout for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Proteas\u2019 next fixture is against Pakistan at The Oval on Monday, before they take on India in the tournament opener in Cardiff on June 6.<\/p>\n

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