Vernon Philander preaches patience with Temba Bavuma saying that they should not make hasty calls regarding the latter.
Vernon Philander has called for patience and preached against making any hasty decisions with regards to South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma.
The former SA paceman believes that Bavuma is the right man to lead the South African side despite another ICC knockout loss blotting his CV as captain.
The Proteas slumped to a 50-run loss against New Zealand at Lahore. Chasing a mammoth 363, they had a good start. Bavuma scored a 50+ score, van der Dussen scored a 66-ball 69, while Miller added another semifinal 100. However, it was not enough to avert another defeat.
“I think he’s a fantastic leader,” Philander said of Bavuma on ESPNcricinfo’s Match Day show. “I think what he has done over the last 24 months is that he has started to win that change room over. I think he’s done phenomenally well in the Test match arena [where they will play the 2025 championship final] and I don’t think we play near enough ODI cricket to play judgement down on it.
“But if you look at his numbers, you look at his records in ODI cricket, I think he has been a wonderful player for South Africa. I think he has led from the front with the bat.
“Of course, this evening he just couldn’t get going, but yeah they were heavily reliant on his form to get South Africa to where they are this evening – obviously falling one hurdle short of another final.
“But I wouldn’t make a call too early. It’s still early days. I think Temba still has a couple of years left in him,” Philander said. “I just think Cricket South Africa will need to have an overall look at the way they approach, the way they prepare [for ICC tournaments].”
“And that starts from the top – from your coaches, from your video analysis: ‘What’s going to make my players more effective?’ and then you give the charge over to the captain and say ‘off you go’. So yeah, I just think a lot more planning that needs to be taking place heading into these tournaments.”