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- Updated: August 25, 2016
Former South Africa batsman Daryll Cullinan has revealed that, during his playing days, there was initially some resistance among the players to the transformation process that sought to integrate black and coloured cricketers into the national team. Speaking on the eighth episode of ESPNcricinfo Talking Cricket, to be aired on Friday on Sony ESPN, Cullinan said that there was mutual distrust between the players and the administrators at the time, with each party having a different agenda.
“We didn’t see the picture that we know today, that there is a much bigger picture to sport and transformation,” Cullinan said. “The importance of it, the understanding of it, I don’t think we grasped. So, there was resistance.
“Slowly, we started to appreciate and understand where everybody is coming from. I wish that had happened more often and quicker because suddenly two worlds have come together and we’ve been very suspicious of each other – both sides had hidden agendas.”
According to Cullinan, the team did not resent the selection of players on quota, but occasionally there was a clash of interests.
“I don’t think anybody had an issue with who was selected, but it did …
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