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Ukukhokhela abaqeqeshi ababili beqembu lesizwe kungase kungenzi umqondo ongcono webhizinisi, kodwa isikhulu esiphezulu seCricket South Africa uPholetsi Moseki uthe ngoMsombuluko ukuqokwa kukaShukri Conrad noRob Walter, ukuthi baphathe amaProteas kwikhilikithi yebhola elibomvu nebhola elimhlophe ngokulandelana, bekuyi-investimenti kokuhle komdlalo.
Ngokokuqala ngqa kusukela ekupheleni kuka-2012 lapho uRussell Domingo eqeqesha iqembu le-T20 kanti uGary Kirsten ephethe ama-Test nama-ODI, i-Cricket South Africa ihlukanise indima yokuqeqesha kazwelonke. Nakuba lowo owayengumqeqeshi we-Titans kanye nochwepheshe we-Conditioning and Fitness onguchwepheshe wama-Proteas u-Walter ezoba nesikhathi esimatasa neNdebe Yomhlaba yebhola elimhlophe edlalwa minyaka yonke kuze kuphele inkontileka yakhe ngo-2027, ikhilikithi ye-Test iyancishiswa.
Kodwa uMoseki uthe ukuqoka umqeqeshi weTest ngokugcwele, nohlukene, kukhombisa ukubaluleka kwefomethi ende ku-CSA.
Funda kabanzi: AmaProteas asho abaqeqeshi abasha bekhilikithi ebomvu nebhola elimhlophe
“Sihlale sikugcizelela ukubaluleka kwekhilikithi yama-Test futhi ama-Proteas asazodlala izivivinyo eziningi kule minyaka emine ezayo, futhi sisanethemba lokuthi sizompintsha eminye,” kusho uMoseki ekomkhulu le-CSA.
“Izindima ezihlukene zikhombisa ukuthi sizimisele kangakanani ngefomethi yama-Test futhi asiyehliseli emaphethelweni. Sifuna ukutshala imali kuyo, futhi sibuyisele izinga lapho kufanele khona.
“Kungelinye lamaqhinga omqondisi wekhilikithi, usidayisele ehlukanisa umsebenzi wokuqeqesha futhi usebenzile nakwamanye amazwe. Kunomcimbi we-ICC minyaka yonke, ngakho lokho kuwumthwalo omkhulu, futhi uRob angagxila kulokho.
“Umqeqeshi webhola elibomvu naye uzobe ematasatasa, akukho sidlo sasemini samahhala eCSA, kanti uShukri uzofaka isandla ekwakhiweni kwemidlalo esezingeni eliphezulu. Siyazi ukuthi sisebhizinisini lekhilikithi futhi uma lokho kuwa, asikho isizathu sokuthi siqhubeke,” kusho uMoseki.
Abaqeqeshi ababili abangcono kakhulu
Umqondisi wekhilikithi u-Enoch Nkwe uthe iqembu labaqoka abaqeqeshile libheke abaqeqeshi ababili abahamba phambili kwabangu-20 abafake izicelo, wabe esenquma uConrad, 55, umakadebona endaweni yesigameko owayehola imidlalo yamaLions and Cobras, njengoba kanye neqembu le-SA A kanye nesikole kazwelonke, futhi njengamanje iqembu le-SA U19, belifanelekela kangcono indima yekhilikithi yama-Test.
UWalter oneminyaka engu-47 ubudala, owahola i-Titans yanqoba izindebe ezinhlanu kuzo zontathu izinhlobo phakathi kuka-2013 no-2016, uqokwe ngenxa yekhono lakhe lokuqeqesha, ubuholi kanye nokuphatha amadoda, ngokusho kukaNkwe.
Uthe kubalulekile ukuthi uConrad noWalter babe nombono ofanayo kumaProteas mayelana nokudlala ifilosofi.
“Njengoba eke wabamba iqhaza ohlelweni lwasekhaya phambilini futhi ebusa kakhulu, kanjalo namaProteas, uRob uyaqonda ukuthi ikhilikithi yethu ikuphi. Okubaluleke kakhulu nokho ifilosofi yakhe yokudlala.
“Ngithole ukusebenzisana okuhle phakathi kokuthi yena noShukri bahambisana kanjani, futhi bobabili bangamakholwa amakhulu ekuphatheni abantu, kanye nokunakekela isizukulwane esisha.
“Ekusebenzisaneni kwami nalaba baqeqeshi ababili, angiboni ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle, bobabili bavuleleke kakhulu emqondweni. Kudingeka sakhe uzinzo futhi uma kuphela isizini kumele kucace ukuthi singena kanjani eminyakeni emibili ezayo.
“Into ephinde yagqama kubaqeqeshi bobabili wumqondo. Bakuqonda kahle ukuthi yini edingekayo ukuze kwakhiwe isimo lapho abadlali bengenza kahle khona,” kusho uNkwe.
Funda kabanzi: Ukuhlolwa kwesidumbu se-CSA kwamaProteas sekudlule isikhathi eside
