Shamsi emerges as potential day-night trump card

Just like Kyle Abbott is not exactly sure when he is going to be able to make the move ball move, Tabraiz Shamsi does not really know whether the Australian batsmen can pick him, but as long as the wickets come, he does not mind the uncertainty.

“That’s the theory going around and with theories, you can’t say it’s a given thing because it’s not a proven thing,” Shamsi said at the MCG where his 4 for 72 against a Victoria XI put him in line for a Test debut. “I am really happy with the way I have gone personally against them.”

Shamsi was picked for the Test squad on the back of a stellar 2015-16 first-class season – he was joint-second on the wicket-charts with 41 scalps at 19.97 – and performances in shorter formats which suggested he could be a handful. Shamsi took 3 for 36 in his third ODI against Australia in Port Elizabeth last month and was South Africa A’s third-highest wicket-taker in a 50-over quadrangular series in …

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