South Africa's one-day team has struggled for success in the last few years. Forget choking - not even getting into a position to choke has bugged the Proteas for too long. Some of it could be down to players out of position; the rest is a symptom inherited from constant tinkering with the team. By ANTOINETTE MULLER.

When a new coach inherits a team, he gets them warts and all. Russell Domingo has been handed a team ill with the impact of constant experimenting. During Gary Kirsten's tenure, no fewer than 13 players were handed an ODI cap. Players were floated around the order and the makeup of the side has been chopped and changed so much that it is becoming almost unrecognisable.

That South Africa has to start looking at life after Jacques Kallis, Graeme Smith and Dale Steyn is clear. While Smith has been forced out of the side through injury, he might not return again as the South African Test skipper looks to prolong his career in the longest format of the game. Kallis has always insisted that he harbours ambitions of winning a World Cup, but by the time the next one comes around, he'll be almost 40...