JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s decision to pull out of the tri-series has not found favour with most of the countrymen who described the players as fearful “sissies”. Many people called up radio stations around the country to complain that the players were under no threat and should have stayed back to play in the tri-series.
The media also took the cricketers to task. One newspaper, The Star from Johannesburg, said the decision to abort the tour was “a wrong move by CSA”.
The decision was “regretable, to say the least,” it wrote. “By withdrawing from the tournament between South Africa, India and Sri Lanka, our national cricket team has spelled the triumph of anarchy and terror over good reason. This decision is likely to attract the wrath of the ICC, which has the authority to call off the series, but has not seen reason to do so.”
“Besides, the Sri Lankan authorities have vowed to provide heightened levels of security to the players equal to that provided to that country’s President.”
