Africa-Press – South-Africa. Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Enoch Nkwe, its director of cricket, will be “taking accountability” by conducting a comprehensive if rather tight review to determine why the Proteas bombed in the ICC T20 World Cup.
South Africa meekly denied themselves any chance of reaching the playoffs with an embarrassing 13-run loss to Netherlands in their final group match, made even more galling by the fact that they started the tournament so well.
While Nkwe confirmed that a panel will spearhead the process, which will take place “over the next few weeks”, News24 understands that the time frame is actually far more condensed, with CSA hoping to wrap everything up in the next fortnight.
Several factors play a role in that thinking.
“It’s important that we review what has happened. We are in the process of putting a panel together to ensure the review is very clinical,” said Nkwe.
“But the focus is hitting the reset button and not dwelling on the past. It’s important that we close a chapter and look at what lies ahead.”
Even thoughtNkwe is a self-confessed systematic thinker who prefers gathering all available information before making judgements, he nonetheless admitted candidly that he’s already shouldering some blame for the debacle.
“We will always take full accountability,” he said.
“When the results are poor, there will be fingers pointed at the organisation in terms of what has happened in the past and whether there was enough support.
“Whether the team loses or wins, we are always going to be supporting the team and asking ourselves questions about what more we can do.”
Competitive
Off-field issues may have been relatively less during the campaign Down Under – though Bavuma’s own form proved a major talking point throughout – than earlier this year, but Nkwe is still proud of the Proteas’ ability to pull together.
That was evident in the consistent show of solidarity over Bavuma’s struggles from a variety of teammates on public forums.
“One thing I have been proud of this team over the last couple of years is that they’ve been able to go on the park and compete and try and win games,” said Nkwe.
“They’ve been able to close off all the noise and whatever is happening off the field. Somehow we found a way to get to a point where we remain competitive. I believe the team has come through that very well.”
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