Ntini dismisses 'model' talk

If you really want to get up Makhaya Ntini's nose, try talking to him about being a role model for his country's budding young athletes, writes Richard Boock in The Herald on Sunday.

"I just don't accept the responsibility of being a role model for black or coloured people.I accept the challenge of playing cricket for South Africa. I appreciate that people might admire what I'm doing but trying to be a role model for them isn't what I signed up for. It's a huge responsibility to buy into, and I just don't accept it. I accept the responsibility for being a role model for my son but not for everyone else's sons."