Former Proteas spinner Aaron Phangiso has told the SJNHearings that black cricketers deserve the same opportunities as white players. By shockerhess | IOLsport
He highlighted former national selection convenor, Linda Zondi, saying he’d expected more from Zondi, given his background, and the fact that Phangiso believed he had an understanding of how difficult it was for black players trying to succeed in the system. “There are people that have an opportunity to make change, but when they get into these positions; as selectors or coaches, positions that have influence, then they change.
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“It was disappointing, you feel you let your family down and then I get calls from the media asking how I feel...you get into a mental state, where, I don’t want to call it depression, but you start to doubt yourself.”
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