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Wessels whacks selection

AFP, Johannesburg
Former South Africa captain Kepler Wessels has criticised the composition of the World Cup squad in the wake of the team's dramatic exit from the tournament.
A rain-affected tie against Sri Lanka in Durban on Monday saw the hosts fail to go through to the Super Sixes, and Wessels said the selectors must take their share of the blame.
"We need to look at selection. The selectors missed it completely," said Wessels who was captain of the team who also lost out on the rain-rule in the 1992 semi-final against England in Sydney.
"They picked 11 guys to play in the important matches and four arbitrary players to play against Canada not understanding that in a tournament like this if one of your key players loses form, you've got to have someone to replace him.
"So when Allan Donald lost form they were down to Monde Zondeki or Charl Langevelt.
"It was not the time to throw a Monde Zondeki into a game like Monday's. He couldn't cope with the pressure, he got injured, mentally struggled and that was a massive problem."
Prior to the tournament, former South Africa cricket chief Ali Bacher, now the World Cup supremo, gave late sports minister Steve Tshwete a promise that five coloured players would be included in the 15-man squad.
Chairman of selectors Omar Henry, himself one of the first nonwhite players to make a major impact in South African cricket, was furious with Wessels.
"He must realise we are in South Africa. We're not in New Zealand, not in England, not in Australia. We have a unique situation.
"We will select a winning team but we will also look at transformation and unless we take this on board we are not going to succeed."
Wessels also said poor preparation had cost the team dearly.
"When you start your innings, get the Duckworth-Lewis printout," he insisted.
"It's always a good idea to be as thorough as you can be and make sure that the players have got a
copy when they go out to the wicket."
Henry added that the team were understandably shell-shocked, especilly as some of them had been involved in the 1999 semi-final tie against Australia, a result that also led to South Africa's exit.
"They're very disappointed. To lose a game like this hurts and some of them have previous experience. Morale is very low and there's not much you can say."
And Henry admitted that the curse of staging the tournament no host nation has won the World Cup had got to the team.
"It was certainly very difficult for the players. The pressures are enormous and unless you know how to deal with it, you're going to come up short."
But United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA) chief executive Gerald Majola refused to condemn the team.
"I wouldn't say we've failed. It's the third time unlucky for us.
"The boys have tried very hard. Unfortunately they didn't play as well as we thought they would. Circumstances counted against them."