GQ South Africa — May 2017

GQ: What’s your

assessment of

AB de Villiers’s

absence from the

Te s t fo r m a t?

FDP: I can’t sit and say he should be

playing Test cricket because the guy

has being doing it for 12 years and

106 Test matches. It translates to so

much time away from home and

people have to understand that there

is the human side of the decision to

consider. However, from a cricket

point of view, I would obviously be

the first to say that AB needs to play

Tests for South Africa as he is one of

the best batsmen in the world. For

him,it’saboutspendingmoretimeat

homeandgettingtothe2019World

Cup.Hewantstoensurethathe

remainsmentallyfreshandhisbody

isstillgoingstrong.I’minadifferent

boat.Iseemyselfheadingtowards

the2019WorldCupplayingall

formatsofthegameandthencalling

timeonmycareer.Ifullyrespect

AB’s decision but I don’t agree with it.

GQ: How

disruptive is

Kolpak and what

areyourviews

on professionals

taking up better

contracts?

FDP:Every single player in

ourcountrywillhaveadiferent

motivation for leaving and one

canneversitontheoutsideand

challengethemformakingthose

decisions.It’stheirfutureandhas

nothingtodowithmeorCricket

SouthAfrica(CSA).ForKyleAbbott

itwasacase of jobsecurity.Itwas

aboutsecuringhisfutureinthe

bestwaythathecould.Rilee

Rossouw’s defection underlines

thatplayersarealsoleavingearlier

in their careers owing to the threat

of missing the boat if the Kolpak

window closes due to Brexit. CSA

needstobeproactive,bypaying

more and ofering longer

contracts.Stabilityisthekeyto

success and you want to build

ateamthatisgoingtotakethe

country forward.

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