S Africa coach's job on line in selection row - report

[suraj]

JOHANNESBURG, February 7: South Africa's cricket coach Mickey Arthur was facing the axe on Thursday over accusations that he abused the country's top cricket official in a row over the number of black players to tour Bangladesh, a report said. According to The Star newspaper, Cricket South Africa (CSA) president Norman Arendse has laid formal charges against Arthur, accusing him of being "abusive and disrespectful" and "cocking a snoop at his employers' policy of (racial) transformation". The charges are to be dealt with by CSA chief executive Gerald Majola who is likely to set up a disciplinary committee hearing, the report added. Arendse was quoted as saying that Arthur's position had become "untenable" after he told the president, who is not a selector, not to interfere in selection matters. "The more I was asking questions about transformation, the more (Arthur) said they did not have a transformation policy," said Arendse. "If a coach says, 'There's no transformation policy' (among selectors), if he says 'Sorry, I'm not prepared to implement Cricket South Africa's policies', then his position is untenable." While the board does not have official racial quotas, most squad selections reflect an unofficial target that half must be players of colour. However it is understood that the provisional squad to tour Bangladesh dropped short of that target, with veteran opener Herschelle Gibbs left out after a string of low Test scores. The upcoming fast bowler Monde Zondeki was also ommitted from a tour seen by some observers as a perfect opportunity to cut his teeth. Rows over the lack of black players also played a large part in the departure of Springbok coach Jake White who announced he was quitting only weeks after South Africa won the rugby World Cup last year. While fast bowler Makhaya Ntini and Ashwell Prince are both regulars in the Test team, Gibbs was one of only three black players in the starting line-up in the Proteas' last ODI on Sunday against the West Indies. http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php?id=1248597&navname=Sports%20&moreurl=http://publication.samachar.com/timesofindia/sports/cricket.php&homeurl=http://sports.samachar.com

[Kartikey]

we'll beat them when they come in March. They've got like one spinner who did well against Pak but he will be useless against us. Infact their bowling attack will be useless.