***Official*** South African Domestic Season 2017/18

[StephenZA]

Harmer is away in his first over back in SA getting rookie Tony de Zorzi.

Good for Warriors.... big player for them.

 

[StephenZA]

So strange seeing ABdV name in the Titans line-up while SA are playing.... really sticks out.

 

[StephenZA]

Harmer is away in his first over back in SA getting rookie Tony de Zorzi.

2nd wicket down to Harmer... ABdV in...

 

[SeamUp]

Good for Warriors.... big player for them.

County scene can do so much for a spinner. He is hitting peak now. Paul Harris did similar.

 

[Dendarii]

ABdV in...

...and out for 5...

 

[SeamUp]

...and out for 5...

Early shower....

 

[SeamUp]

Looks like only franchise debut this round is Michael Cohen and he has a wicket.

Kyle Simmonds also has one. I rate this kid. He has jumped Linde in 4-day cricket but he looks smart and spinners need to be thinking ahead of the batsman.

 

[SeamUp]

Cohen just got his 2nd. Seems to be making an impression. Need to see more of him and see what his capabilities are as a left-armer but he seems to meet every new challenge.

 

[SeamUp]

I was seeing on twitter certain people saying if Pretorius isn't backed soon for the all-rounders role we will lose him to a kolpak.

I would hate for it to happen but like Wiese I just don't see it with him.

The sooner Mulder bats ahead of him the better.

 

[StephenZA]

I was seeing on twitter certain people saying if Pretorius isn't backed soon for the all-rounders role we will lose him to a kolpak.

I would hate for it to happen but like Wiese I just don't see it with him.

The sooner Mulder bats ahead of him the better.

Pretorius has always looked like a bits and pieces player. Maybe a potentially good LO player. Long term Mulder makes more sense. Pity if we lost him to Kolpak... but no blame to him.

 

[GRAB]

I used to think that but of late he is scoring more runs than Ngoepe. Obviously in a Warriors strongest line-up there is doubt about them.

The less said about Kelly Smuts the better. Not sure hoe he got a Global T20 Contract.

Bokako any good ? I'm hoping more on Sipamla to come through so that average joes like Walters and Gqamane aren't involved anymore.

Gqamane at his best has been test quality... 145km/h slingers with late swing. However, you know how SA coaches don't do unorthodox, I suspect he's been coached into mediocrity, and not the first...

 

[SeamUp]

Gqamane at his best has been test quality... 145km/h slingers with late swing. However, you know how SA coaches don't do unorthodox, I suspect he's been coached into mediocrity, and not the first...

Never remember gqamane at that pace mate. Think there were a few fibs told when no one saw the action in 4-day cricket. He got all those wickwets in the season when the pitches were far too sporty. Saw him in.limited overs stuff and he was 5ft5 bowling 122kph

 

[SeamUp]

Rudi Second double hundred and Heinrich Klaasen with a big hundred in current round.

Wiaan Mulder 70* scoring runs again.

 

[TT Boy]

Anyone know much about Baartman? 24 but he only debuted in 2015, so he seems a late developer.

 

[SeamUp]

Anyone know much about Baartman? 24 but he only debuted in 2015, so he seems a late developer.

From Theunis De Bruyn

The left-field signing has taken the form of Ottneil Baartman, a largely unheard-of quick bowler from Oudtshoorn who de Bruyn expects to bring some "x-factor". "He bowls in the mid-130s, hits an area and is very economical as well. He's the fittest guy in the team, so he can bowl a lot of overs."

From pics I have seen he looks quite tall.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Speaking of Theunis, can't help but think it would be much better if he was released to go back to the Sunfoil Series again, as opposed to merely sitting on the bench for the test team.

 

[SeamUp]

Speaking of Theunis, can't help but think it would be much better if he was released to go back to the Sunfoil Series again, as opposed to merely sitting on the bench for the test team.

He isn't in the ODI squad so imagine he will go back to captain the Knights in the final 2 rounds of Sunfoil Series before the Global T20.

It would actually be nice to see him play some limited overs cricket for SA because in his early years I always thought that was where he would get first shot. Same with Rilee Rossouw.

But both ended up doing very well in 4-day cricket from early.

 

[GRAB]

Gqamane's breakthrough season the games I recall were 50 Overs, nothing under 138... The 5ft 5 thing is disconcerting. Went to watch SA A vs Pak at Buffalo Park once - Gqamane was 12th man, and Irfan was 12th man for Pakistan; they spent the time next to each other on the boundary and it looked surreal! Domestic cricket is so poorly reported. As another example, Obus Pienaar. As a teenager he debuted for Knights (or was it still Eagles then?) as an opener marked as "fast" on ESPNCRICINFO and batted down the order. He was out for about a season, and since then has hardly bowled, but made a reasonable amount of runs.. When I have seen him bowl, he was barely 120km/h. So was he always a medium-pacer, or did some injury ruin his fast bowling career? Good news is, after a one year sabbatical, he is back, albeit for SWD... (So could be playing for Cobras...)

Baartman is from SWD, a very underexplored region ITO cricket. Gurshwin Rabie was another quick who had a very good couple of seasons emerging in his early 30's.

 

[SeamUp]

Gqamane's breakthrough season the games I recall were 50 Overs, nothing under 138... The 5ft 5 thing is disconcerting. Went to watch SA A vs Pak at Buffalo Park once - Gqamane was 12th man, and Irfan was 12th man for Pakistan; they spent the time next to each other on the boundary and it looked surreal! Domestic cricket is so poorly reported. As another example, Obus Pienaar. As a teenager he debuted for Knights (or was it still Eagles then?) as an opener marked as "fast" on ESPNCRICINFO and batted down the order. He was out for about a season, and since then has hardly bowled, but made a reasonable amount of runs.. When I have seen him bowl, he was barely 120km/h. So was he always a medium-pacer, or did some injury ruin his fast bowling career? Good news is, after a one year sabbatical, he is back, albeit for SWD... (So could be playing for Cobras...)

Baartman is from SWD, a very underexplored region ITO cricket. Gurshwin Rabie was another quick who had a very good couple of seasons emerging in his early 30's.

I know what you mean about Obus Pienaar. How did he even bowl at U19 level - I remember how he was tearing England u19s apart with bat and ball 1 series(Bavuma/Mosehle were in that team too). There must have been an injury. I saw him bowling spin in the Africa Cup now.

 

[SeamUp]

Part of the pipeline process is the future cup and this will be the Universities team representing. Next up normally is SA Academy for the winter.

Don't know all but it looks like

Jiveshan Pillay (Tuks)
Ryan Ricketlon (UJ)
Raynard van Tonder (UFS)
Rubin Hermann (Tuks)
Taariq Chiektey (UCT)
Tayo Walburgh (UWC)
Tian Koekemoer (NMMU)

Sean Whitehead (UFS) (spin)

Craig Kirsten (Tuks)
Ruben Trumpelmann (Tuks)


* Not sure on the last 2.