Debutant McGain christened the new Mick Lewis
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
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Greg Buckle, writing for AAP, says fans at Cape Town's Newlands ground have given Bryce McGain, the debutant legspinner, a new nickname and it's not a welcome one - Mick Lewis.
McGain's fellow Victorian infamously took 0 for 113 in the one-day international in Johannesburg three years ago when South Africa scored 9 for 438 to win. Lewis holds the world record for most runs conceded in a one-day innings and McGain's Test debut was shaping up like a similar shocker after Friday's second day of the third Test against South Africa.
In the Australian Mike Coward says Phillip Hughes is not the only cricketing prodigy whose life has been transformed in an instant this summer.
JP Duminy is not the same young man who went to the wicket in Perth three months ago. Known as Jean-Paul to his family and social intimates but JP to his cricketing mates and the game's community, Duminy is being hailed in South Africa much as Hughes is being lauded in Australia.
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Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo