De Kock has been loaded with the Test captaincy as well as being the wicketkeeper and skipper in the other two international formats, but his ODI average is a thoroughly decent 38.12 since taking charge and his T20 form has actually improved markedly, his average as captain soaring from 27.71 to 41.60.
But the initial impression is that the Test captaincy is a bridge too far as he has scored just 74 runs in the six innings he has batted in his four Tests as skipper, way below the top-class standards he has achieved in recent years. There have been times, especially in Pakistan, where De Kock’s head has not looked in the game.
“It’s difficult to answer whether the captaincy is affecting Quinny’s batting but all batsmen go through periods when they’re not scoring many runs,” Boucher said after the final day of the Pakistan Test series, on which De Kock was dismissed for a first-ball duck.
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