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Ottis Gibson’s mission: Guide Proteas to World Cup glory
It’s the World Cup‚ stupid. Whatever you think of Ottis Gibson’s appointment as SA’s coach, he knows why he has been hired. "That’s been a huge part of how Cricket SA pitched the job‚" Gibson said at a media conference in London on Tuesday. "Every team wants to win a global tournament. SA has never won one and that’s obviously one of their big things. "You look at SA‚ you look at the players that they potentially [can] put on the field and there’s no reason why they can’t win the World Cup in 2019‚ here in England. That would be something great for me as a coach, but more than that‚ great for the country," Gibson said. "They have a very strong sporting culture in SA, so to be able to do something like that would be amazing." Gibson will have keen insights into SA’s trophylessness, having played for Border‚ Gauteng and Griqualand West in the 1990s — and from guiding a West Indian team in deep decline to triumph at the 2012 World T20. "When I went back to the Caribbean, we had the mak...
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