Mark Boucher wants Proteas players to hog the headlines
When the South African men’s team eventually returns to the crease, it will be with a renewed identity and with the hope of implementing a new philosophy.
It’s the Proteas that must once again save SA cricket from it’s winter of discontent. The mayhem caused by Cricket SA’s administration remains the dominant theme in the game and the clean up that that organisation so desperately needs will take many months.
In the meanwhile the players are weeks away from starting the 2020-21 season, and the Proteas men’s head coach, Mark Boucher, wants to turn the public’s focus away from forensic reports, firings and court cases and back to what matters.
“We don’t have to sugar-coat what’s been going on in the game in this country and what’s been hogging the headlines,” said Boucher. “The best thing for the game in this country is for our biggest asset, the players, to get out there and get some headlines going about some good things.
“Hopefully we can get back on the field soon. It’s not just for the players, but I’m sure for the public as well, because ultimately that’s what we do enjoy and love and let the game of cricket do the talking rather than other things.”
CSA will likely make an announcement this week about when the season will start. It will be a reduced one owing in part to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Some loose ends must still be tied up around which teams will tour here. England will be in the country in November for a couple of white-ball series which will provide a much needed boon for CSA’s coffers.
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