Highveld Lions coach Geoffrey Toyana is unfazed by the furious criticism that has greeted his appointment as assistant to coaching greenhorn Graeme Smith at T20 Global League franchise Benoni Zalmi. Incensed cricket lovers took to social media and voiced their unhappiness with Toyana for agreeing to serve under Smith when the former SA national team captain has never coached professionally before. Toyana‚ on the other hand‚ is a celebrated coach and was even in the running for the national team coaching job a few weeks ago. He has also won all the domestic cricket titles with the Highveld Lions as head coach. He told Business Day on Wednesday the criticism did not bother him. "I understand where people are coming from but this is an international tournament with international investors who wanted a big name like Graeme to become the coach of their franchise‚" he said. "If I hadn’t accepted the job‚ it would have meant sitting at home for six weeks and doing nothing during the tourna...
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