- Proteas spinner Tabraiz Shamsi quipped that his teammates and team management didn't speak to him after Wednesday's disappointing loss to England in the first T20.
- South Africa not only bounced back from that loss, but crushed the hosts in the second and third T20s to record their first T20 series win in England.
- Shamsi, who took a career-best 5/24 in Sunday's 90-run win in Southampton, also took 3/27 in the second game to help SA get back into the series.
Proteas spinner Tabraiz Shamsi credited team management and teammates for not having a word with him after his disappointing showing in the first T20 against England in Bristol on Wednesday.
Shamsi bounced back from conceding 49 in three overs in Wednesday's loss to collecting a career-best 5/24 in South Africa's 90-run win in the third T20 against England in Southampton on Sunday.
Shamsi's comeback has been so emphatic, that he moved from Wednesday's barrelling at the small ground to take 8/51 in eight overs in the two games SA won to win their first limited overs series in England since 1998.
Shamsi said the smaller Bristol boundaries battered his confidence, but he was chuffed with how the team handled his low moment.
"Credit has to go to management and the players in the group because no one had a word with me," Shamsi said.
"That's the best way of dealing with things. It was an anomaly and on a field like Bristol, it looks bigger on TV, but it's quite small.
"Those things happen, but as a bowler, that's all I keep in my mind as we play T20 cricket against world-class players.
"These things happen, so you just learn from it and there's not much that you need to majorly change, it's just an odd performance here and there.
"I didn't give it too much thought because there wasn't a lot to think about."
After their forgettable fielding display on Wednesday, SA tightened up in all aspects to boss the last two T20s in a manner they haven't done so against the hosts in England.
Shamsi, who was back at the ground where he made his T20 debut in 2017, said he's learned to deal with the expectation of filling the big shoes left by Imran Tahir.
The 32-year-old said he operates on what the team needs from him at a particular time in a game and tries to give his best at all times.
"What's important is to know what the management staff and your captain want from you," Shamsi said.
"There was a lot of talk when Immy retired and he was a big weapon in our attack and I had to fill his shoes.
"I don't see things like that as I have to learn about my game, from where I adapt to what is wanted from me.
"I go on what the captain on the day wants, along with Quinton de Kock behind the stumps, from where I gauge what the team wants and adapt to the match situation."