Shukri: Who am I to stop Quinton coming back?

TAZMIN IN GOOD KNICK

- ZAAHIER ADAMS

DESPITE losing the third ODI by six wickets, the Proteas Women walked away as 2-1 series champions over Pakistan yesterday. Nevertheless, the Proteas will have much to consider after they were skittled out for 115 in the third match in less than 26 overs at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, especially ahead of their opening match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup against England next week Friday. Before that, Tazmin Brits, honoured here at the Player of the Series, and her teammates will play warm-up matches against Bangladesh on Thursday and Pakistan on Sunday.

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“I MISS playing for South Africa.”

That's all Proteas Men's coach Shukri Conrad needed to hear to be interested in the rest of the call coming in at 2am.

At the end of the phone was none other than Quinton de Kock, who felt the need to ring up Conrad all the way in Australia at that hour to urgently discuss his future.

"We got to Darwin, I just put my head to the pillow at about 2 in the morning when my phone rang, and it was Quinny,” Conrad said, about the call on Monday.

"He just expressed the desire to play for South Africa again in both white-ball formats. We chatted for a bit and I said I'd come back to him in a couple of days.