- De Kock ‘made himself unavailable for personal reasons’
- Cricket South Africa issued team directive earlier on Tuesday
Quinton de Kock did not take part in South Africa’s Twenty20 World Cup match against West Indies, after the team were directed to take a knee in their remaining matches in the tournament.
The South Africa captain, Temba Bavuma, said De Kock had “made himself unavailable for personal reasons” before the coin toss at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Cricket South Africa (CSA) made the same announcement on their Twitter feed, with De Kock replaced in the starting line-up by Reeza Hendricks.
