Johannesburg: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis said on Friday that full-time appointments concerning the national team’s coaching staff and selectors needed to be made urgently.
Speaking on the team’s return from a three-Test trouncing in India, Du Plessis said uncertainty over key positions was “a massive red flag”. Cricket South Africa fired coach Ottis Gibson, his back-up staff and the selectors after a poor World Cup campaign. They announced a new structure headed by a director of cricket and a team director. Former one-day international player Corrie van Zyl and 37-year-old Enoch Nkwe were appointed in an interim capacity, with Nkwe in charge of the team in India.
Du Plessis said he was committed to continuing as captain despite going through what he described as “the toughest period in my cricket journey”. But he said his own position and those of the other key posts “needs to be resolved as soon as possible”. “The most important thing right now is clarity,” he said. (AFP)
