News about Mark Boucher

According to coach Mark Boucher, South Africa's new white-ball choke could be the biggest of them all. With a dramatic 13-run loss to the Netherlands in Adelaide on Sunday, the Proteas fell out of the T20 World Cup. The tumultuous South Africans mustered just 8-145 to win and advance to the semi-finals.

Richard Ngarava, a pace bowler, had to leave the field after slipping in his follow-through, but the umpires kept the game going, with South Africa on the verge of victory. In Group 2, Chasing a new target of 64 off seven overs, the Proteas were 51 without loss after just three overs with Quinton de Kock 47 not out off 18 balls.

South Africa's 11-day break between the second and third Test matches - without a fixture of any sort - is unprecedented for a touring team in an age of increasingly overcrowded playing schedules and concertinaed tours. Did teams remain inactive for so long between Tests in the decades that tours were leisurely, three-month affairs? Dean Elgar's crew has already been in Manchester for three days to ruminate over the volume and style of the defeat at Old Trafford. However, the South African captain was on a brave face. 'When things like this happen, you can go into panic mode, but the coach (Mark Boucher) and I are not the kind of people to panic.' We know we're still a good side,' Elgar said after acknowledging that the game had been 'a bit of a blur from day one.'

NEIL MANTHORP AT LORD'S: Erwee's determination to make a career in the sport he adored gripped him throughout his 20s, during which he struggled to establish himself outside of the second class of the domestic game. He plied his trade for the KwaZulu-Nal Inland province, based in Pietermaritzburg, as the feeder team for the KZN Dolphins franchise in Durban, for seven years.

NEIL MANTHORP AT LORD'S: Makhaya Ntini was one of the first five members of a South African fast bowling attack in 2008, with Lord's rookies Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel as the fourth member, which was said to be as potent as the great West Indian quartets of the 1990s. It was overhyped, and it had an effect on Steyn and Morkel, who were bowled poorly, who were struggling to live up to expectations. Mark Boucher was in that squad and remembers it well. As Steyn and Morkel had been told to do, he encouraged Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, and Marco Jansen to treasure and 'absorb' Lord's rather than 'look around and get over it' this year.'

England will face South Africa for the first Test at Lord's on Wednesday, facing a stern challenge. The Proteas boast an enduring supply of fast-bowling prospects, which would pose various challenges to Ben Stokes and Co. as action begins. Sportsmail looks at the fast and furious quartet of quick-bowlers - as well as one spin king - that Dean Elgar can turn to. Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Marco Jansen, and Lungi Ngidi, from left to right.

PAUL NEWMAN: The weather has not changed, but it should produce much more difficult batting conditions than those seen earlier this season, as England thrashes New Zealand and India to both directions. And not a strong looking South Africa attack that includes the majority seam and spin bases as well as a spearhead in Kagiso Rabada, which has recovered from an ankle injury as they continue to defend their position in the World Test Championships. Ben Stokes, England's captain, who has emerged as a symbol of true style, substance, and imagination this season, will continue to fire once more in what promises to be a delectable three-Test series.

South Africa has been getting a little hot under the collar since using a specific word before the first Test at Lord's on Tuesday. On Sunday, it was announced that Mark Boucher (R), the South Africa coach, brought up the topic ahead of his Lord's press conference, boasting that anyone mentioning 'Bazball' would have to down a shot of tequila. Jimmy Anderson hopes that the pioneering style of Rewriting the Test Playbook will be passed on by the game.

Marco Jansen has seen an amazing rise in international cricket in recent months, but South Africa's once-in-a-generation fast bowling behemoth is still only halfway to fulfilling a childhood dream. Jansen, who stands at 6 foot 8ins, is an intimidating figure at the end of his career. But he wants opposition batsmen to see double in future years, as well as twin brother Duan, who is also on South Africa's radar. 'We're talking about a lot,' actually, imagining that both of us would be in both of these forms.' We know it's impossible to get twins or even siblings to compete in the national team, but Jansen says it's always been a dream of ours when we were younger.