"Surely it's down to the individual to decide whether he or she wants to be involved in any movement," Vaughan tweeted. He has made over 10,000 international runs and was briefly captain of the Test side before stepping down earlier this year.ĭe Kock found support from former England captain Michael Vaughan. Their next World Cup match is in Sharjah on Saturday against Sri Lanka.ĭe Kock is one of his country's star players and a regular choice across all three formats of the game The South Africans playing in Tuesday's game took the knee before the start of the game. No-one's forced to do anything, not in life. It's my own, personal opinion," he said at the time. He also refused to take a knee in South Africa's Test series in the West Indies earlier this year. They acted after pictures emerged from the team's first game against Australia at the weekend where some players knelt and some stood.ĭe Kock stood with his arms behind his back.
AP PhotoĮarlier, the CSA said "concerns were raised that the different postures taken by team members in support of the BLM (Black Lives Matter) initiative created an unintended perception of disparity or lack of support for the initiative".
South Africa's Quinton de Kock walks from the field after he was dismissed during the T World Cup match between South Africa and Australia in Abu Dhabi. He's still one of the boys, so whatever support that he needs, whatever shoulder that he requires from his teammates, we'll be there for him." But as far as we stand, Quinton is still one of the players. "I don't know how far it's going to develop. We respect his convictions," said Bavuma. All players are expected to follow this directive for the remaining games of the World Cup."Īfter South Africa had won the match by eight wickets, Bavuma admitted there will now be question marks over De Kock's future in the team. "The Board will await a further report from team management before deciding on the next steps.
"CSA has noted the personal decision by South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock not to take the knee ahead of Tuesday's game against the West Indies," said a CSA statement.
The 28-year-old's shock decision came just hours after Cricket South Africa (CSA) had ordered all players at the tournament to take part in the anti-racism gesture. Temba Bavuma, South Africa's first black African captain, said wicketkeeper-batsman De Kock, a former national captain, had made himself unavailable "for personal reasons". Dubai: Quinton de Kock withdrew from South Africa's Twenty20 World Cup match against the West Indies on Tuesday after refusing to take the knee, a decision which highlighted once again cricket's struggles to emerge from its troubled past in the country.
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