JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Ottis Gibson wants to stay on as South Africa coach despite a disappointing World Cup and with his contract coming to an end.
“The Twenty20 World Cup is around the corner and I feel like I have unfinished business with the Proteas‚ but we will see how conversations unfold over the next couple of weeks,” said Gibson yesterday as the team returned from England.
They were eliminated from the competition after a terrible start having won three of their nine matches.
The contract of the 50-year-old former West Indies test all-rounder ends in September but Gibson said he had already had talks earlier this year about a renewal.
“That I have done enough to secure my job will come out in the next couple of weeks‚ but if you look at the World Cup in isolation then you will think perhaps I haven’t done enough to keep my job‚“ he told a news conference.
“But if you look at what we have achieved over the last 18 months‚ then it is a different picture. I guess it will come down to interpretation from the hierarchy.
“In January I had a conversation with Cricket South Africa around staying on‚ so we will see whether that conversation still holds true.”
