Ottis Gibson lays out plan to lift Proteas game
Coach warns players that two-match Test series against Bangladesh will be no walkover
New SA coach Ottis Gibson has warned his players not to take Bangladesh for granted when they host the visitors in a two-match Test series in Potchefstroom and Bloemfontein next week and early October. The first Test will get under way at Senwes Park‚ Potchefstroom‚ on September 28, while the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein will host the second Test from October 6. The former England bowling coach‚ who was presented to the media in Sandton on Tuesday‚ said Bangladesh were growing by leaps and bounds as a Test side and had posted impressive wins over more fancied opponents recently. "I don’t want us to go to the series against Bangladesh with the mentality of taking them for granted‚" Gibson said. "We saw how Bangladesh played against Australia. I was in Bangladesh with England last year and they won a Test match. They are a confident international Test team and we can’t go there with a mentality of being in the comfort zone. "They are going to be tough. They have Courtney Walsh on the...
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