Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Who is the best South African born player to play for another country?
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Greatest SA born player to play for another country?
- Thread starter Fuller Pilch
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Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Realistically it's Flower but I'm going to vote for Conway anyway.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
I was going to include those four, but thought the list would get too long.
Howe_zat
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The successful ones all seem to be batters for what I can remember - you'd have to cobble together a bowling attack out of Tom (but not Sam) Curran, Brydon Carse, and Tony Grieg supplying some offies.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Get Greig to bowl medium pace. Basil D could be the spinner and KP could turn his arm over.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, I wondered about that. Shame that Sam was born over here, although he's hardly a top level test bowler anyway. Tony Greig's younger brother Ian might even get a game for this XI.
EDIT
Dernbach and Meaker if we extend this to ODIs, and they're not exactly worldies.
Here's the full list:
Basil D’Oliviera, Tony Greig, Ian Greig, Allan Lamb, Chris Smith, Robin Smith, Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Jonathan Trott, Craig Kieswetter, Jade Dernbach, Stuart Meaker, Nick Compton, Michael Lumb, Jason Roy, Keaton Jennings, Tom Curran, Brydon Carse
Howe_zat
Audio File
Of the list in the OP, Flower enjoys the position of being his adopted nation's best ever player, though you could argue several others would have done if they'd not gone very far north.
Flower, Pietersen, Grieg, and now Conway are the ones who would comfortably make any side in the world at their peak. There's the shortlist I think.
Flower, Pietersen, Grieg, and now Conway are the ones who would comfortably make any side in the world at their peak. There's the shortlist I think.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
This for me too, but replacing Conway with Wessels.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Hopefully a lot more after the women's T20 final.
the big bambino
International Captain
Whereas she's got nothing to brag about.andi flower sa born? i didled heath streaks niece once
Marius
International Debutant
Neal Radford too, born in Northern Rhodesia, grew up in SA, and played a few games for England.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
think pietersen is quite a lot more proven than flower tbh. obviously not flowers fault he didn't get to play as much as he could have.
but yeah, pietersen, greig and flower quite a bit clear of the rest.
but yeah, pietersen, greig and flower quite a bit clear of the rest.
BazBall21
International Captain
Yeah Flower is overrated on here for that reason. Think I’d have him over KP still though.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
I thought about him until I read that he averaged well over 80 with the ball in the tests that he played for England, so quickly forgot about him.