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Article: MAIN GAME SUMMER OF CRICKET: NEW ZEALAND V SOUTH AFRICA; Baptism of fire
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- The Press
- Article date:
- February 13, 2004
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Canterbury's latest Black Cap cricketer Michael Papps thought a
month ago when he first played for New Zealand it would be in the
longer version of the game. Instead, after a month of feasting on
most bowling attacks at domestic one-day level in New Zealand, Papps
will pad up today to debut against South Africa at Auckland in the
first match of the six-game limited-over series. It is a baptism of
fire for the quiet achiever with the closest Papps has come to the
Proteas previously is watching the likes of Pollock, Ntini, Nel and
Kallis on television. The probability before 2004 began was that
Papps would earn himself a tour to England later this year and his
chance would come on tour in the ...