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NEIL MANTHORP: Tour bedevilled by insecurity and disruption
Imagine how pervasive the uncertainty will be with half of the squad not knowing what their immediate future holds
Conspiracy theorists could be forgiven for imagining there was an element of predetermination about this ill-fated tour on which far more things have gone wrong than might be regarded as "normal". The passing away of coach Russell Domingo’s mother on Monday was the worst of all and, as life and death tend to do, provided the bleakest of perspective on sporting performance. There has been something "not quite right" from the very outset, back in the middle of May. It seems a strange thing to say, because there have been so many changes in personnel over the three different squads, but an "atmosphere" can’t linger — or can it? In a sporting context, yes it can. You only need to look at SA’s record at International Cricket Council global events for evidence of an infectious state of mind transcending generations, never mind a variety of squads in the same changing room. If "doubt" in certain situations can be considered almost hereditary, imagine how pervasive the uncertainty will be w...
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