SA cricket needs a shift in thinking

Next week Thursday, Cricket South Africa’s board is expected to finalise discussions over Proteas coach Ottis Gibson’s future.

The West Indian’s tenure contractually concludes at the end of September, but with the national side embarking on a daunting trip to India in the middle of that month, clarity on his position is sorely needed.

They were hopeless away from home against Sri Lanka in 2018 as they patently couldn’t play the spin and then embarrassingly lost on local shores too earlier this year against the same opponents, who exploited bowler-friendly pitches far better. Gibson and Du Plessis argue this maximises the team’s strengths, which is a potent bowling attack that can blow away opposition batsmen. In the process, local batsmen are becoming starved of confidence and lose their ability to apply themselves and fill their boots with runs.

The Proteas need to revert back to the blueprint of Graeme Smith’s great team of 2007 to 2014. South Africa consistently stayed in the top two of the world rankings exactly because they were one of the few teams who made a point of winning overseas.

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