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Proteas: Horn clarifies comments

Cape Town - Proteas High Performance coach, Mike Horn, clarified his comments made to the media on Thursday, saying that they were taken completely out of context.

He confirmed that he is not aware of any political interference in the selection of the team for the ICC World Cup semi-final match against New Zealand.

In a letter he sent to Cricket South Africa, Horn expressed his regret for the controversy caused following his comments.

“First of all I apologise for this controversy. If this event would hurt the feelings of the management team and the players, it was not my intention and I sincerely apologize,” Horn stated in his letter.

“The story has been taken completely out of context, it’s a load of hot air but I guess this is what the press like and feed on,” Horn expressed in the letter.
Horn also further clarified his comments on team selection.

He explained what he said was that there was a changed team from the quarter-final and not a team changed once it had been selected for the semi-final.

Horn said that the point he was trying to make was the fact that he personally felt that he had failed in his job as motivator or performance coach and accepted responsibility for not helping to get the team across the line.

“I confirm what I said in the sound bytes and the written articles, but the way it was written was not my sense of what had happened but the interpretation of someone else. I must say I am disappointed at the way my comments were portrayed and a part of me feels let down by the negativity these reports have caused,” Horn concluded.

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