New South Africa coach Boucher savours winning start
PRETORIA - South Africa coach Mark Boucher said winning his first Test match in charge was as good as the many victories he enjoyed as a player after his maiden triumph against England on Sunday.
“It has been a hectic two weeks, we’ve put in a lot of hard work as a coaching staff, so this is a reward.“We said before we wanted to instill some confidence back in the players and to see them walk off the field with a win you can see now there is a belief that we can win Test matches against very good teams.”
“We understand there is a long way to go,” he said. “We’ve got a couple of youngsters we need to impart knowledge to and speed up the process of becoming experienced cricketers and we’ll certainly do that.” It brought a premature end to a 147-Test career in which he took a world record 999 dismissals in all forms of cricket so to return to the South Africa dressing room was a thrill.
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