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URob Walter wesulile esikhundleni sakhe njengomqeqeshi weNingizimu Afrika, wabeka izizathu zakhe, kodwa uthi ukholelwa ukuthi ama-Proteas azofinyelela “eqophelweni eliphezulu” njengoba eqhubeka nokukhula njengeqembu.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili ephethe, lo mqeqeshi oneminyaka engu-49 ubudala uzohamba esehole iqembu emdlalweni wamanqamu weNdebe Yomhlaba wonke ye-T20 kanye nama-semi final e-ICC ODI amabili amakhulu.
“Abadlali, abasebenzi abesekayo, kanye nomphakathi wekhilikithi waseNingizimu Afrika besisebenzisana kahle nabo kulo lonke lolu hambo. Yize sekuyisikhathi sokuthi ngishiye, angingabazi ukuthi iqembu lizoqhubeka nokukhula futhi lifinyelele phezulu,” esho esitatimendeni esihlinzekwe yi-Cricket South Africa (CSA).
Lesi simemezelo siza eminyakeni emibili ngaphambi kwendebe yomhlaba yasekhaya, lapho iNingizimu Afrika izophatha ngokuhlanganyela umcimbi ka-2027 ne-Namibia kanye ne-Zimbabwe.
Ngaphambi komdlalo we-T20 tri-series abazowudlala ne-Zimbabwe ne-New Zealand ngoNtulikazi, ozoza ngaphambi kohambo lwase-Australia nase-England, wonke amehlo azobe ebheke ekutheni i-CSA izomemezela bani njengozongena ezicathulweni zikaWalter.
Ngaphambi kwalokho, abalandeli baseNingizimu Afrika bazobe bebukele bebambe ongezansi njengoba iqembu elivivinyayo libhekene ne-Australia ukuthola indebe enkulu kowamanqamu we-ICC World Test Championship e-Lords ngoNhlangulana. Lelo qembu lizoqhubeka nokuqeqeshwa nguShukri Conrad.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Rob Walter
Umthombo: @proteasmencsa