04/04/2008

Dale Steyn takes a dig at Kirsten

It is obvious that the South Africans have not taken kindly to Kirsten coaching India. Their dislike comes out plainly at Dale Steyn's post match press conference.

"I am not too surprised. That's the vibe they have given off to us. Once one or two wickets fall and things kind of go wrong they are pretty weak and the batsmen to follow didn't look they knew what they wanted to do. They didn't have a game plan or strategy. They were bowled out for 76 and, I guess, that's what happens when you don't have a game plan or strategy," .

The key words here are the words 'weak' – a dig at Upton the mental strength conditioner, 'game plan', and 'strategy', which is a dig at Kirsten, India's coach.

The support staffs of a cricket team feature rarely during a post match press meet and on top of it Kirsten has been keeping a low profile. So why did Steyn take a swipe? The fact is the mere presence of Kirsten in the Indian team rankles and despite assurance they are wary that their weaknesses will be used against them.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

a typical fast bowler swipe... I suppose it is ok for them to shoot their mouths, considering how hard they have to work for success in the sub-continent... I don't think it was meant to gary as such.

Anonymous said...

Scorpi, he will pay for calling us weak and without strategy. :)

straight point said...

can somebody remind him of j'berg...

when india bowled out sa in around 25 overs for 84...