Ottis Gibson News
West Indian Gibson will not have his contract renewed after a disappointing World Cup in England, where the Proteas won only three of their nine matches and were never in the hunt for the semi-finals.
The 2019 ICC World Cup is slated to take place from May 30 to July 14 while South Africa will begin their campaign against hosts England in the opener at the Oval.
South Africa used a four-prong seam attack against a Pakistan team clearly not equipped to handle the pace and bounce of South African conditions.
South Africa and Pakistan are slated to play three-match Test series, beginng on Boxing Day (December 26) at the SuperSport Park.
Coach Ottis Gibson admitted on Monday that the retirement from international cricket of AB de Villiers was a blow to South Africa's hopes of winning the Cricket World Cup next year.
South Africa coach Ottis Gibson said on Thursday his goal is to take the team to the number one spot in Test cricket.
The former West Indies fast bowler hopes his teams always play within the laws of the game.
Ahead of the third Test against Australia starting at Newlands here on Thursday, South Africa head coach Ottis Gibson conceded that the return of pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada is a big lift for the hosts.
South Africa coach Ottis Gibson believes the world's best Test bowler Kagiso Rabada has learnt from his brush with suspension and expects more mature on-field behaviour in the third Test against Australia starting in Cape Town on Thursday.
Gibson also questioned what was meant in Australian assertions about not "crossing the line" with their behaviour.
"They are currently ranked number one and they`ve got a lot of world-class players and world-class players aren`t just world class in their own backyards," Gibson told the media here.
A virus prevented Steyn from proving his match fitness in last week's two-day rout of Zimbabwe. It would have been his first Test appearance since November 2016.
Regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers, Steyn has so far played 85 Tests, 116 ODIs and 42 T20Is for South Africa, taking 417, 180 and 58 wickets respectively.
His first assignment as South Africa coach will be a home series against Bangladesh, wwhich will have a two-match Test series, four-match one-day series and a two-match Twenty20 series.
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