The reason why South Africa crashed out from the CT is the presence of too many all-rounders, says selector Mike Procter.
"It's probably necessary that we go back to a team that almost looks like a Test team, with six specialist batsmen, four bowlers and a wicketkeeper," Procter told Afrikaans daily 'The Beeld' here.
Procter said the side lacked a specialist bowler when they were bundled out of the tournament by England on Sunday.
"Another batsman in the middle order, who could have kept us on course when a few wickets fell suddenly, would also have helped," Procter pointed out.
"Mark Boucher can get you 30's and 40's at number six in the batting order, but we needed another specialist batsman in that position," he said.
Procter felt that a big hitter such as Albie Morkel or Roelof van der Merwe should have been at number three against Sri Lanka and England but captain Graeme Smith disagreed.
"In Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers you have two world class batsmen who went in at number three and number four.
They had all the hits to take advantage of such a situation and that's why I don't think a big hitter could have done any better," Smith said.
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