Former Proteas spinner Aaron Phangiso believes he would still be playing for the national team if he was not unfairly discriminated against by the team management and selectors.
The 37-year-old left-arm finger spinner has alleged that his white-ball Proteas career was unceremoniously cut short to make way for another player.Phangiso was giving testimony under oath at the Cricket South Africa’s transformation inquiry, which was established to investigate racial discrimination within the organisation, and to recommend remedial action.
“[As] South African cricket, our culture or strength has always been fast bowling, because in SA your wickets seem to favour more of the seamers. “I remember when Imran started whispering that he was getting a little bit old and going to be picky on which games and tours to partake in, another player was introduced again.
“One of the last tours I took part in was the triangular series against Australia and the West Indies in 2016, and my bowling was perfect. The next tour was England, who were coming here. Phangiso has said he would still be playing for the national team if he was not unfairly discriminated against. He read out his ODI and T20 matches for the Proteas.“I tell you at that time, four or five years ago when I was in the Proteas team, if any bowler in the world had these stats they will still be playing for the national team right now, and that is a fact.
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