‘I’m confident in my abilities’: Kwena Maphaka believes he can fill K…

With experienced fast bowler Kagiso Rabada being sidelined for the one-day international (ODI) series against Australia later this month, 20-year-old speedster Kwena Maphaka believes he can fill his veteran compatriot’s shoes, and he hopes to prove this in the T20 International tri-series in Namibia which continues on Tuesday. amunra-online.pl

It was confirmed on Monday that Rabada had been ruled out of the three-match ODI series to be played in Durban, Johannesburg and Potchefstroom between 24-30 September, and it remained unclear whether he would be available for the three-match Test series against Australia later this month.

“I really hope that KG (Rabada) is back in time, but if that doesn’t happen it’s one of those things where somebody has to step up, and if that’s me then I’m really confident in my abilities,” Maphaka said on Monday.

“I’ve led the bowling attack before with the Lions and the SA U-19 team, and I’ve been in the Proteas setup for a little bit now, so I’m really confident in my abilities and I think I’ll be able to do the job if I’m asked to do so.”

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Opportunity to shine in tri-series

Maphaka said he had worked hard during the off-season, receiving assistance from Proteas bowling coach Piet Botha and Lions bowling coach Allan Donald, and he was pleased with his performance in South Africa’s victory over Zimbabwe in the T20 tri-series on Sunday, taking 1/24 in his first game in nearly two months.

He was eager to continue building momentum in the early stages of the new season when the Proteas faced Zimbabwe in their third match of the tri-series in Windhoek on Tuesday (2pm start).

The youngster hoped to stick up his hand before the national squad was announced for the home tour against Australia, and he felt the ongoing series against lower-ranked sides was the perfect chance to do that.

“I think every opportunity you get to be out on the field representing your country is a massive one, especially with some of the bigger players not being on this tour,” Maphaka said.

“It’s definitely a chance for me to go out there, show my skill, hopefully put in some really good performances for my team, and hopefully that holds me in good stead moving forward.”

After Tuesday’s game against Zimbabwe, South Africa will face Namibia on Friday, ahead of the T20 tri-series final to be contested on Sunday.

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus again came out firing in defence of the Bok scrum, after the continued whining of All Blacks coach Dave Rennie, ahead of the third Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Test at the FNB Stadium in Soweto on Saturday.

Speaking at the team announcement on Monday, Erasmus admitted his frustration of the narrative being formed around the continued attempts of the All Blacks to influence the referees through the media.

He had delivered a passionate expletive laden defence after the win in Cape Town on Saturday night, and sounded a lot calmer and more measured on Monday, explaining why it was dangerous what the All Blacks and Rennie were trying to do.

“My frustration wasn’t so much about his opinion, but when an opinion gets presented as fact. There are now clear protocols for this. You get five clips to send to World Rugby’s officiating system (AMS), and that’s where you raise your concerns,” said Erasmus.

“If I sat here and said New Zealand are cleaning out illegally at the breakdown and the referees must look into it, that’s not the protocol, that’s talking to referees through the media, and I’ve been burned by that before.

“Once you put a narrative like that out there, everybody starts focusing on it, all the media, all the podcasts, everyone starts analysing it, and a lot of people doing that analysis have no real knowledge of scrums.

“I myself wouldn’t be a person that talks with authority about scrums, but I do know how Daan (Human, Bok scrum coach) coaches the scrums.”

Legal scrumming

Erasmus reiterated that the Boks have always scrummed legally, and it has always paid off for them, so it would make no sense for them to change their tactics and start scrumming illegally, when they have always had a fair advantage.

“We will never, ever in our life say, ‘let’s walk around the team,’ because that’s not our strength, that’s not how we do it. So I’m not frustrated with the fact that Dave wants to get it out,” explained Erasmus.

“There are a lot of things I want get out about New Zealand too, and I only have five clips I can send in post-match. If I name another four here, it’s against the protocol, because the protocol is you send it through the AMS. So I can guarantee you we don’t want to put more pressure on the referees through the media.”

Erasmus is, however, looking forward to having Georgian referee Nika Amashukeli in charge of the third Test, after he was ruled out of officiating the second Test because of flu, which saw Australia’s Angus Gardner step in and produce a poor job at the scrums, which he basically refused to ref.

“Nika is a sharp referee. He comes from Georgia, he knows scrums, he’s coached Georgia, he’s played rugby himself, he knows how scrums get handled,” added Erasmus.

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