WHEN Proteas limited-overs coach Rob Walter announced his T20 World Cup squad earlier this year a squad which had only one black African player in Kagiso Rabada transformation questions were posed to the 49-year-old.
Those queries were warranted, given the targets that Cricket South Africa have in place in terms of soon fielding a national team representative of the demographics of the country.
However, Walter was able to get away with such a squad as his team went on to reach the Proteas first-ever mens T20 World Cup final in the Caribbean this past winter an achievement that caused many to forget about the transformation targets that the coach had failed to meet.
Moreover, Walter had every right to select that squad because, ultimately, the transformation targets are enforced over 12 months meaning a coach can field predominantly white teams before fielding players of colour towards the end of the year to meet the targets.
Yesterday, Walter announced a T20I squad for a four-match series against India at home this month.
