RETIREMENT
Big exodus after World Cup, says Faf
South Africans should ready themselves for multiple retirements after the 2019 World Cup, according to Faf du Plessis
South Africans should ready themselves for multiple retirements after the 2019 World Cup, according to Faf du Plessis in an interview in the May issue of the South African edition of GQ. "We have discussed our long-term goals and the aim is to get back to being the No1 Test team in the world‚" the magazine quotes him as saying. "We also want to win the Test championship and reach the final of next year’s T20 World Cup because once you reach a final, it’s anyone’s game. "And a number of the senior players and I are aiming to win the 2019 World Cup in order to end our international careers in style," Du Plessis says. Besides himself, Du Plessis does not say which players might retire then. But of the squad of 15 that will play in the Champions Trophy in England in June, fewer than a third — Kagiso Rabada, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo and Quinton de Kock — will be under the age of 30 at the time of the 2019 World Cup. Du Plessis offers a conflicted take on the decision of his longt...
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