Quinton de Kock was welcomed straight back into South Africa’s fold – and immediately took a knee, as he promised during his dramatic apology two days earlier.
He could make only 12, but watched in delight as David Miller hit two last-over sixes to take his side to a tense four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, for whom spinner Wanindu Hasaranga claimed a hat-trick.
An instant return was always likely once de Kock said sorry for not taking a knee before Tuesday’s game against West Indies – despite being instructed to by Cricket South Africa.
At the toss before Saturday’s game in…
