FILE PHOTO: Cricket - South Africa v England - First Test - Supersport Park, Centurion, South Africa - December 29, 2019 England's Rory Burns in action REUTERS/Rogan Ward
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - In an age of sport science, expert physical conditioning and meticulous planning, watching test cricketers clumsily kick a soccer ball around as they warm up defies belief.
Not only because they look as if they are going hurt themselves, but because that is often what happens as their child-like enthusiasm for a kick-about clashes with the tenets of professional sport.
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