South Africas Test captaincy is not up for discussion and will return to AB de
Villiers once he is match fit.
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been sidelined since July with an elbow injury and has been replaced by Faf du
Plessis, who has yet to lose a match in his stand-in stint, but will have to
hand the job back when de Villiers returns.At the moment its clear to us that
Faf is stand-in captain and AB is the current captain when he comes back,
looking at his fitness and so on, Linda Zondi, South Africas convener of
selectors, said after the Hobart Test.Although the board and not the selection
panel appointed the captain, Zondi said the directive is likely to be to give de
Villiers his job back once he is back on the park. When de Villiers underwent
surgery in late September, he was diagnosed as needing eight to ten weeks of
recovery time which should put him on track to play the home series in Sri Lanka
in December-January. De Villiers will not have had any game time since mid-July,
when he turned out for the Barbados Tridents in the Caribbean Premier
League.Zondi has not expressly said de Villiers will need to play some domestic
cricket but has indicated that the panel would like him to have some game time.
We will be guided by the medical team in terms of where he is and in terms of
match fitness, Zondi said. Thats important. He has been away for five months - a
long time. For starters, he has to be match fit. We will take it from
there.Should de Villiers need to play some cricket, his only opportunity will
come in the domestic T20 competition. There was some talk of de Villiers joining
the squad ahead of the day-night Test in Adelaide, which is preceded by a
two-day warm-up game in Melbourne, in a bid to put himself in contention for the
pink ball Test but both coach Russell Domingo and stand-in captain du Plessis
had brushed off such suggestions. To that end, de Villiers had not traveled to
Australia yet, and it appears unlikely that he will.That would mean du Plessis
has at least one more match in charge to add to a legacy against Australia that
has already seen the team make history. Du Plessis led the ODI side to a
first-ever 5-0 whitewash against Australia and a third successive Test series
win in Australia. He has impressed with his skills as skipper and Zondi admitted
the selectors were pleased with the way du Plessis had progressed.We nominated
Faf to be a stand-in captain and he has done a very good job, Zondi said. It was
an easy process for us when the decision was made because he was already a T20
captain. So it was continuation. We are excited to have him as a leader.It just
gives us more options. And we have other guys. Like I said, Hashim Amla, who
also brings that experience. We are quite excited about how Faf has shown
leadership but we are not going to be carried away.It may be surprising to hear
Zondi mention Amla among the leaders, especially after he stepped down as
captain earlier in the year. However, Amla is the most experienced batsman, and
in the absence of Dale Steyn, the most experienced member of the squad overall,
and although he has only contributed 48 runs across the two Tests, has been
involved in team discussions and at the forefront of celebrations.
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Monday night.NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball is moving ahead with plans to
expand instant replay next year. "Were pretty confident well have it in place
for 2014," MLB Executive Vice-President Joe Torre said Tuesday before the
All-Star game. Video review has been in place for umpires on home run calls
since August 2008. Commissioner Bud Selig initially wanted to add trap plays and
fair-or-foul calls down the lines for 2013, but the change was put off while
more radical options were examined. Still, Selig has wanted to proceed
cautiously. "Look, life isnt perfect. The sport isnt perfect, but we live with
it, and its been great," he said Tuesday during his annual meeting the Baseball
Writers Association of America. "We have to be careful in our zest to improve
things not to affect the game as weve all known it." Part of a replay
subcommittee that includes former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and
Atlanta Braves President John Schuerholz, Torre has said all options are being
considered, including an NFL-type system that would give managers the ability to
challenge calls. He hopes to have plans for owners to consider when they meet
next month in Cooperstown. "We certainly dont want to get stuck in the mud
saying were not going to do anything when technology is out there saying that we
can improve it somewhat," Torre said. "Weve got to decide, how much replay do we
want? Because if you start doing it from the first inning to the ninth inning,
you may have to time the game with a calendar." Selig said the calendar was an
issue in MLBs refusal to make players available for the Olympics. Baseball was
an Olympic medal sport from 1992-2008, then was dropped for last years London
Games. IOC President Jacques Rogge says baseball should make its top athletes
avvailable, as they are in basketball and hockey.
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sport from among baseball-softball, wrestling and squash to add to the 2020
Games. Stopping the baseball season for the Olympics is impractical. "First of
all, wed be playing to Thanksgiving, maybe Dec. 1," Selig said. "It just isnt
possible. I wish it was." Selig said baseball had stopped discussing a possible
future shift of the All-Star game from its traditional Tuesday to a Wednesday
slot. He said hes not concerned that the tied All-Star game of 2002 in
Milwaukee, when the teams ran out of pitchers, is mentioned as part of his
reign. "I dont regard this as part of my history. It happened," he said. "The
fate of western civilization, by the way, wasnt changed one iota as a result of
that tie, lest anybody get too concerned about it." He also repeated his concern
about the Tampa Bay Rays, who are next-to-last in the major leagues with a home
attendance average of 17,791 despite contending in the AL East. Selig called the
situation "beyond disappointing" and "economically not tolerable." "You look at
a club in the major leagues thats competitive thats averaging 18,000 people a
game. That may have been OK in 1956. Its not OK today," he said. "Theres no
question theres a stadium problem there. Theres no debate about that. The
question is what to do about it and when to do and where to do." Selig repeated
his intention to retire in December 2014 after 22 years in office but said there
are no definitive succession plans. "Ive always operated under the theory that
if I get hit by a beer truck tomorrow, theyd have to find somebody," he said.
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