South African players won’t take the knee in their limited over series against England at home as they have already expressed their support towards the Black Lives Matter movement during the 3TC game in July, coach Mark Boucher has said.
South Africa will appear in their first international assignment since the Covid-19-induced lockdown in March when they host England for three T20Is and as many ODIs, beginning on November 27 at Newlands.
South African players, match officials, administrators and commentators, including director of cricket Graeme Smith, had taken the knee while wearing black arm-bands with the BLM logo on it at the 3TCricket match in Centurion for the Solidarity Cup on July 12.
“I have spoken to the guy (Lungi Ngidi) who was driving the whole movement within our set-up, he is pretty happy that we have done what we needed to do, in particular at that (3TC) game,” Mark Boucher told ESPNcricinfo.
“It’s not something that we have to continue to show. It’s something that you have to live... If guys who brought it up are happy with it, that’s great, but if they feel we have to do more, that will be a chat and that they are open to express their opinions.”