EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Lions and Titans head coach Dave Nosworthy chats to Sport24

Sport24 asked: Your take on South Africa’s success against India?

Dave Nosworthy: I wouldn’t say that they have got every selection right, but in the last series you can’t really go too much against what’s been achieved. It’s unbelievable. I don’t think there were many people putting too much money onthe South African side and it was unexpected to be honest that the Proteas would win both the Test and ODI series. I thought India playing in our conditions might balance the books for us, but in the build-up there were plenty of issues going on. When it came to our top order in Test matches, our batsmen hadn’t been consistently scoring runs and big hundreds. However, the tipping point came during the series and the players produced the goods. They have come through and there has been character and performance. It’s vital now that the players are allowed to grow, so that in two years’ time we’ve got new stars. I think that will happen. Young Keegan Petersen is so exciting and I hope that he gets a real opportunity. My wish is that Rassie van der Dussen also becomes more consistent and starts scoring big, as does Temba Bavuma. The signs are there and now it’s all about the selectors affording the players continuity. In this series they made some good selections, but in the past the side has probably been at least a batsman light.

Sport24 asked: Your view on the charges against Mark Boucher?

Dave Nosworthy: CSA have laid the charges against Boucher and it will be instructive to see what the agenda is around it. I wasn’t in the change room at the time, but we know that racism and anything around that is unacceptable and I don’t live with that. Whatever needs to be done needs to be done, but I wouldn’t like to speculate on where