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Nice terminology.
Err I pointed this out in a previous post that the report function does not work in my browser = opera.
much obliged as I often think of CSA and get reminded of apartheid because of quotas. Can't really help myself.
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Maybe Kieswetter also counted the pounds on offer. As I said previously, I'm not a fan of quotas, now in particular as SA seems to have enough non-white players who can make it on merit but you also have to consider that the very good white players who have been determined to play for their country usually have. And Wagner and Elliott would have struggled to make it into the SA team quotas or no quotas. They have, probably a bit like Nash who would never have played for Australia, seized the opportunity to play international cricket where there is less genuine competition.
Well leaving quotas aside, do you think that it is fair for some fans to be crying about Bangladesh being a test nation for not being able to produce cricketers of test quaility, yet Eng clearly can't do the same. What about the bias in colonialism here? Eng as the opressor surely set to benfit the most given that not nonly did they rule SA for many a year, but they are also 1st world which means they would no doubt draw more international players to thier shores than Bangladesh? Kieswetter could also go play in Bangladesh I bet. My main irritation here is that EVERY white South African has a link to Europe that dates to a mere 400 years at most and the moment they enter the EU (not just England) they become elligable to play for England due to kolpak and a numerous amount of other EEA /EU agreements. This is HUGE hand up to England alone in world cricket. I also think the ICC should step in and say that country x must compensate country y for amount of time and resources that were taken inot developing a good cricketer.
According to what I’ve read, Craig was told by Western Province that he wouldn’t get a contract as a wicket keeper because in their opinion he wasn’t a very good keeper. They told him to work on his keeping and comeback when it improved. Kieswetter from all reports is a bit of hot head (like KP) took it personally and left in disgust.
OMG clown it only works that way if you look at it one sided. Quotas effect white players more than black players. There is a limit of 4 black players at minimum which is the same as saying 7 white players as a maximum. So if there were 7 white players that were really good, he would have no chance. Of course there is no limit to haveing an all black team. The competition is ONLY white versus white as there is no restriction on black versus black.
Kieswetter's links with the UK are not tenuous (parent is Scottish) and yet he still has to qualify to represent England. He didn't just get on a plane and instantly qualify; it has been a three year process. Yet, when he does qualify he still has to wait in the wings as England have Prior and probably Davies ahead of him. Paradoxically if he stayed in South Africa and thought for a place domestically he would have now probably played for the Proteas. According to the ECB’s criteria, Craig is still three years away from national selection.
Did you not read the last page? You cannot address me like that.
I think you misundertand kolpak then and the fact that getting into europe is as easy as having an ancestor there which no doubt every white south african has. Of course I am not implying that one can just walk into europe but it is VERY easy. Once you get into europe, you are entitled to be able to work and travel freely due to almost any country being a member of an EEA / EUA agreement. It really is not hard and def a lot easier than SA re making it for Tahir or more recently in rugby for the beast.
But it is spiteful.
Ok so being scottish means u get to play for england? Why the scottish, Irish, Wales and England rugby boards then?
I haven't, you have. Being Kolpak entails you to de facto EU working status; it doesn't make you get a British passport/qualification any quicker. That is what you were originally arguing.
Couldn't he just get himself a British passport and be available immediately if that was the case?
at this thread.