▁progress ive ▁co aching ▁techniques . ▁He ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁having ▁made ▁the ▁reverse ▁swe ep ▁a ▁more ▁popular ▁shot ▁for ▁b ats men ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁being ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁use ▁computer ▁analysis , ▁and ▁trying ▁to ▁adapt ▁the ▁knowledge ▁of ▁goal keep ers ▁to ▁w icket keep ers ▁in ▁cr icket . ▁He ▁later ▁attract ed ▁attention ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁World ▁Cup ▁by ▁communic ating ▁with ▁his ▁captain ▁Hans ie ▁C ron je ▁with ▁an ▁ear pie ce ▁during ▁matches . ▁The ▁practice ▁was ▁later ▁b anned . ▁ ▁South ▁Africa ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁coach ▁of ▁South ▁Africa ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁Initial ly ▁his ▁team ▁performed ▁poor ly , ▁losing ▁all ▁six ▁matches ▁on ▁his ▁first ▁out ing ▁in ▁Pakistan . ▁However , ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁five ▁years , ▁South ▁Africa ▁won ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁Test ▁( 1 0 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁series ) ▁and ▁One ▁Day ▁International ▁matches ▁( 7 3 %). ▁However , ▁the ▁side ▁failed ▁to ▁win ▁either ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁World ▁Cup ▁or ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁World ▁Cup , ▁despite ▁having ▁the ▁highest ▁O DI ▁success ▁rate ▁among ▁international ▁teams ▁in ▁that ▁period . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁tournament ▁on ▁the ▁Indian ▁sub cont inent , ▁his ▁team ▁won ▁all ▁their ▁pre lim inary ▁group ▁matches ▁before ▁succ umb ing ▁to ▁the ▁West ▁Ind ies