South African cricket captain Dean Elgar said on ednesday that his players supported head coach Mark Boucher, who faces a disciplinary process on charges of racism that could result in his dismissal.
Elgar was non-committal about whether he per-sonally would testify in Boucher’s defence in hear-ings which have been delayed until May because Boucher intends to call some current players to tes-tify.
It was announced on Tuesday that the hearings would be delayed until South Africa has completed a tour of New Zealand and an incoming tour by Bangladesh.
“It was news to me that that’s the process,” he told a departure press conference ahead of the two-Test tour of New Zealand.
“As a player you don’t have much control over that. It’s something we are going to have to chat about as a group. Whether or not it’s going to affect the team, I doubt it. This process has been in the air for quite some time now. —APP
