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Chris Nenzani © Gallo Images Neil - Crisis... what crisis?Haze - SA public deserves better Targets set for Proteas 03 September 2016, 16:35Official transformation targets for the Proteas cricket team were set by the Board of Directors based on the deliberations of the Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) Cricket and Cricket Pipeline sub-committees at its meeting on Friday.
The targets require the national team to play an average minimum of 54% Black players and average minimum of 18% Black African players over the season.
This is a natural progression in the Board’s determination to drive transformation aggressively as part of CSA’s policy to make cricket a truly national sport accessible to all.
The targets will be an average of the cumulative representation across all three formats in a season.
“What is really encouraging,” commented CSA President, Chris Nenzani, “is that the Standard Bank Proteas, who are our flag bearers, are already achieving these targets and in some cases exceeding the targets we have just set.
“The test starting XI that played in the recent Sunfoil Series against New Zealand contained six players of colour and two Black Africans and the ODI starting XI had as many as eight players of colour (73 percent) in their most recent series against the West Indies and Australia, while the South Africa A side had six players of colour and three Black Africans in the starting XI that beat the Australia National Performance Squad by nine wickets in the final match of their quadrangular series in Australia today.
“With the targets being measured over the full season and being cumulative across all three formats, our selectors and team management will have the flexibility to deal with varying circumstances.
“This shows very clearly that the targets are very attainable and sustainable and we will maintain the world-class standards that our players regularly produce,” concluded Nenzani.
The targets come into play with immediate effect.
Tobie Botha · Teacher at Elim Christian CollegeThat is precisely why the Proteas lost the World Cup in New Zealand. To fall from No1 to 6 on the world ranking in a matter of 6 months tells the whole story. So sad!!!Like · Reply · 12 minsIgor Moulder · Art Director at Virtual-hub design studioUseless CSA... They dont concider that if your national team win the youth will have heros. Such a dinosaurian outlook on things... It's time for change, let the people show the way (as it is happening already) ... You are truly a bunch of loosers, CSA! Imagine how any black kid must feel when he gets chosen for the proteas? Sorry, but you dont deserve the hard work you put in, you are just here because of your colour and not your talent... Stupid CSA!!!Like · Reply · 1 hrAlf Haupt · University of South Africathese fools have ruined the country and will ruin everthing they can get their hands on ------thank the lord i was able to flee [thailand ]Like · Reply · 1 hrJohan-Johlean McCarthy · ???????Sorry to see you took my post of....repeat again....these are RACIST dicisions dressed in the word transformation and this make them racists .Like · Reply · 1 hrVishen Sholan Kanhai · Johannesburg, South AfricaGood to see players giving the country the finger for not selecting them, representing their new countries and singing their new national anthem with pride and passion. Remember Kevin Pietersen, Clyde Rathbone, Grant Elliot etc. Elliot must have enjoyed whacking Steyn for a 6 to knock them out the World Cup. Good move CSA. Now you will never be world number 1 and will decline just like the springboks. I remember the days when SA used to be top 2 in the world in both rugby and cricket. Those days are long gone and SA will never hit their glory days again. Won't be long before there is another exodus of rugby players and cricketers and they will be criticizedLike · Reply · 3 · 2 hrsLeigh Collins · Hoërskool DurbanvilleIt is good to see our players doing well no matter what country they play for. South Africa is a breading ground for talent and cricket is a professional sport. This move by CSA is pushing patriotism out of the equation into professionalism even more. There are wonderful 'Basil d'Oliveira' type exports making it all over the world. Go Neil Wagner and Grant Elliot...make us proud. It will be fun to see South Africa beating South Africa one day. CSA please remove the eye patch and look at History with both eyes as it is a mirror to the future.Like · Reply · 3 · 2 hrsDane Bloem · Iluka, Western AustraliaDoesn't the ICC have laws against selection of players based on race??Like · Reply · 1 · 3 hrsPete OosthuizenI asked the icc that question, they responded it depends on the country, pathetic answer.Like · Reply · 1 · 3 hrsKeiran ReillyI hope they are targets and not quota's.
The harsh reality is that a quota is basically cheating the scorecard. The best indicator of transformation success is representation at provincial and national level. But if you are not picking teams on merit you are simply hiding the failure of transformation programmes.
So we will no doubt meet these targets. Fikile Mbalula will boast about how he tought sports bodies a lesson and single handedly transformed cricket and rugby and will allow bids for international events again. Thousands of kids will still have no access to fields, nets and kit. Y...See MoreLike · Reply · 2 · 4 hrsShaun Ponting Kruger · São Paulo, BrazilI do not watch or suppport any racist teams, ok ANC?Like · Reply · 2 · 5 hrsShaun Ponting Kruger · São Paulo, BrazilBlacks = good
Whites = bad
Win or lose
Mostly lose, though.
Amantla! Soccer has shown the way!Like · Reply · 1 · 5 hrs
