If he keeps that sort of form he could be brilliant at 7, gives us a genuine allrounder option for that spot... allowing us to play good 5 bowlers and some flexibility in spinning conditions. Effectively replacing what SA hoped Duminy would become. But that's just hopeful/wishful thinking atm.
Faf was not dropped... played all the last tests against Eng.
Was dropped for the Centurion test
Oh yes... can`t remember if that was for injury though. I know Duminy got his place back...
It's hard to know whether to take this seriously or not only because i've read similar articles about what the sports ministers has supposedly said about these new quotas for about 5 years now, in both rugby and cricket, yet all we've seen from these two sports is an effort to make it more balanced in terms of race.
Nah, even in the absence of Morne an attack of Steyn, Philander and Rabada will ensure NZ's batsmen have their work cut out. The absence of AB does make the batting look a bit thin but with (I'm guessing) de Kock at 7 and Philander/Morris/Parnell at 8 it looks like South Africa bat fairly deep.
Depends what the requirement of " black africans" are...Outside of kg & bavuma wouldn't say there is anyone knocking on the door.
Yeah maybe for now but this quota system is here to stay. What happens when Philander is injured or retires? what happens when a it's not the first choice pace attack?
I guess Parnell's probably next in line out of quota players. Magala is playing in South Africa A....other than that it's probably Hendricks (who is basically crocked) or a journeyman like Alexander. Is Olivier coloured?
To keep it simple any non-white counts towards quota. Don't forget that this is about history whereby anybody that was not full Caucasian was not allowed to play for SA under apartheid see D'Oliveira. So Amla, Parnell etc count towards quota. However there is an additional quota of 2 'black' players within that quota, nowadays.
