Ottis Gibson did not take 9/11 for any of the dozen first-class teams he played for‚ but September 11 will loom as a significant day for him nonetheless. It is the scheduled end of England’s Test series against West Indies — and the last day of Gibson’s second tenure as England bowling coach. His stint will end at Lord’s‚ where he helped engineer a crushing defeat of SA in June. Then Gibson will prepare to take up his new position as SA’s head coach. September 11 is next Monday. The first ball in SA’s new season will be bowled on September28. Seventeen days is not a lot of time for Gibson to appoint assistants and get a grip on man-managing players who barely know who he is, much less what he is about as a coach. It is a good thing‚ perhaps‚ that SA’s first engagement of the not-quite summer is against Bangladesh in Tests in Potchefstroom and Bloemfontein. That is about as far under the radar as international cricket goes. Far rather‚ for cricket-minded South Africans‚ that Gibson a...
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