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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2023
Burnout fears deny De Kock Test captaincy

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Reuters
18 April, 2020, 01:25 pm
Last modified: 18 April, 2020, 01:30 pm

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Burnout fears deny De Kock Test captaincy

De Kock was named captain of the limited-overs side after Faf du Plessis resigned as captain in all formats.

Reuters
18 April, 2020, 01:25 pm
Last modified: 18 April, 2020, 01:30 pm
South Africa's Quinton de Kock raises his bat after scoring a century during the third day of the first cricket test match against India in Visakhapatnam, India, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. Photo: UNB
South Africa's Quinton de Kock raises his bat after scoring a century during the third day of the first cricket test match against India in Visakhapatnam, India, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. Photo: UNB

Quinton de Kock will be overlooked as captain of the South Africa Test team to avoid overburdening the nation's top performer over recent years, director of cricket Graeme Smith said on Friday.

De Kock was named captain of the limited-overs side after Faf du Plessis resigned as captain in all formats this year, but Smith has ruled him out as skipper in the five-day game, citing the heavy workload for the wicketkeeper-batsman.

"It is not going to be Quinton. I can't say who it is going to be, we are in a debate over it," Smith told reporters in a video conference on Friday.

"There is no one person that you could really pinpoint right now and say, 'that is the guy'."

Smith suggested it was hard to settle on a captain in a side that has undergone so much change in recent years, with only a few established players.

"It is a challenge we sit with at the moment," Smith said. "There are a lot of players on a similar level and the challenge for the next stage, when we do play some cricket, is to see who escalates themselves into really consistent performers.

"We also have to understand the personalities, maybe take a risk on someone and back them. Someone who has credibility within the leadership environment and the respect."

Opener Dean Elgar has captained the team before, while middle-order batsman Temba Bavuma would be another name in the mix, though he has been in and out of the side.

Smith confirmed that De Kock would remain captain in white-ball cricket, but emphasised the need to keep him mentally fresh across all formats.

"I have always believed, having been in the job myself, that captaining all three formats is challenging," Smith said.

"You see a number of nations try to work out what is best and across all three formats probably doesn't work. We felt that for Quinton, from a workload and mental point of view, to burden him with all three formats wouldn't be beneficial for us."

Smith is the most successful five-day captain in history with 53 wins, having led South Africa in 108 of his 117 Tests before retiring in 2014.

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