Faf du Plessis may soon lose job he has excelled at
Linda Zondi has made it clear that injured AB de Villiers remains the first choice
Hobart — Despite his runaway success as SA’s Test and one-day captain, Faf du Plessis could soon find himself out of a job. Du Plessis led SA to a 5-0 whitewash over Australia in their one-day series at home in October‚ and on Tuesday he engineered a 2-0 victory in the Test series here. But selection convener Linda Zondi made it clear on Wednesday that AB de Villiers‚ who is out with an elbow injury‚ remains SA’s first-choice as captain. "We’re happy with Faf as our current stand-in‚" Zondi said. "[But] at the moment that’s our position — AB is still the captain." De Villiers is at home recovering from surgery and should be good to go early in December at the latest. The first Test of SA’s home series against Sri Lanka starts at St George’s Park on December 26. Quite how the selectors are going to fit even a player as gifted as De Villiers into a team that is performing above and beyond every expectation is a tall enough order. But how they are going to justify taking the captaincy ...
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