Hidden motivation behind de Kock's defiance

Quinton de Kock has yet to remark connected his refusal to instrumentality a genu to beforehand the Black Lives Matter protest, raising further questions astir the erstwhile South African skipper's motives.

De Kock withdrew from the South African team aft the squad was directed to instrumentality a genu by the game's governing assemblage successful the country.

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - OCTOBER 23: Players of South Africa instrumentality the genu up of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup lucifer betwixt Australia and SA astatine Sheikh Zayed stadium connected October 23, 2021 successful Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Gareth Copley-ICC/ICC via Getty Images) (ICC via Getty Images)

Images of players with their hands down their backmost anterior to South Africa's lucifer against Australia connected Saturday led to Cricket South Africa calling connected each players to instrumentality a knee, resulting successful de Kock making himself unavailable for the lucifer against the West Indies.

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However, sources with cognition of the concern assertion de Kock's reluctance to instrumentality portion successful the protestation was aimed astatine Cricket South Africa and their directive to person each players instrumentality part.

Quinton de Kock of South Africa. (Getty)

De Kock has had a touchy narration with the nation's cricket governing assemblage successful caller times, pursuing CSA's determination successful March to portion him of the captaincy crossed each 3 formats.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, de Kock expected to stay astatine the helm of the constricted overs teams. However, caput selector Victor Mpitsang said helium had not been sacked from the relation and determination was an statement for him to measurement distant from the captaincy.

The Guardian reports the crushed wherefore de Kock has not made a connection yet is due to the fact that situation talks are ongoing wrong the team.

The South African Cricketer's Association backed de Kock, saying Cricket South Africa's mandate caused a "crisis".

"This contented should person been dealt with a portion agone and not astatine an ICC event, wherever it is simply a crisis," SACA CEO Andrew Breetzke said, according to ESPN Cricinfo.

South Africa's adjacent crippled is against Sri Lanka connected Saturday.

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