What qualitative difference did the years in isolation make to South African cricket?
It has made us very good, very competitive. The key to the future success of South African cricket is to ensure that the transformation process, which is taking place now, is achieved without dropping standards. We also need to ensure that the ongoing transformation takes us in the right direction. The process has to be handled carefully, to make sure that standards don’t drop. What according to you are the reasons for South Africa’s meteoric rise in world cricket ever since it’s reentry? As I said earlier, we are a competitive sporting nation. Our school sporting structures are very good. There are some outstanding schools in the country, which have been producing fine cricketers for South Africa over the decades. The development programmes are taking root at the grassroots levels, in all pockets of the country, black or white, and that is another plus. Our grounds are good. We have full time administrators in every province within South Africa, and there is commitment and discipline
