Adam Bacher is a couple of months into his new job as a financial planning consultant at Alexander Forbes, one of South Africa`s top financial services companies. And the left-handed batsman is showing no less big match temperament for his new career than he is capable of on the oval.

“I was so excited by what the job offered, I took it straight away. It`s something I`ve always been interested in. I was already reading quite voraciously on the subject and I`ve been spending most nights doing the same since I started.”