We have to restore faith of South African fans: Proteas captain
South Africa will be looking to restore self-belief, when they open their tour of the Caribbean with back-to-back Twenty20 Internationals against West Indies on Wednesday and Thursday at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground here.
Both the South Africans and their hosts will be looking to put behind them, the poor performances which saw them go out of the just-concluded Twenty20 World Cup, which was staged over the last three weeks in the Caribbean, at the Super Eight stage.
Proteas captain Graeme Smith held up his hands and admitted that the South Africans had been well below-par and would have to show a vast improvement in the upcoming two matches.
"It was a very disappointing performance, which we put in in the T20 World Cup, and the team has rightly taken a lot of flak," said Smith.
"We will have to take responsibility for that performance, but we have worked hard over the last few days we have been in Antigua, and basically we want to play well to regain the faith of the public back at home.
May 18, 2010
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