Proteas aiming to ensure De Kock can cry freedom

THERE’S been plenty said and written about overburdened cricketers the last few weeks.

Perhaps it’s all these bio-bubbles the players are in where movement’s restricted and general social interaction is prohibited. More than that, it’s about the amount of cricket that has to be played in the next two years as the sport at international level tries to catch up after so much of the schedule had to be postponed last year.

But debates about players being overburdened have stretched beyond that as well. Tim Paine, according to various commentators, is overburdened by being wicket-keeper and Australian Test captain.