South Africa coach Ottis Gibson says the team will not let off-field drama distract them from their cricket in the second test against Australia that starts in Port Elizabeth on Friday. The two teams have been at loggerheads over who instigated an incident in the players’ tunnel when Australia opener David Warner had to be restrained by team mates as he fired a verbal volley at South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock.
“The team morale is very good. We are the Proteas, we back each other up. We are trying to focus on ourselves and to focus on the cricket,” he told.
“Everyone is looking forward to the cricket, all the off-field stuff must remain off the field. We want to get back to the cricket.”
Warner was fined 75 percent of his match fee and handed three demerit points by the ICC, while De Kock was given a 25 percent fine and one demerit point.
