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South Africa team selection

Bahseph

Bahseph

International Debutant
Silver Silva said:
I do hope there aren't any quotas involved for the team going to NZ , it should just be that you pick the best team since it's a special circumstance
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Sipamla is a legitimate Test quick imo,whilst de Zorzi falls under black African and Qeshile has some T20I experience. Heck in these circumstances Zondo is an okay squad pick. Don't think Quotas will matter much.
 
Silver Silva

Silver Silva

International Regular
Bahseph said:
Sipamla is a legitimate Test quick imo,whilst de Zorzi falls under black African and Qeshile has some T20I experience. Heck in these circumstances Zondo is an okay squad pick. Don't think Quotas will matter much.
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I saw Qeshile play against SL A , wasn't impressed tbh , how did he go with the bat in the T20 for SA ?
How old is Zondo and what's his FC average ? , he played vs Australia and got a few starts so maybe he could be promising.De Zorzi I know is a young prospect .
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
Silver Silva said:
I saw Qeshile play against SL A , wasn't impressed tbh , how did he go with the bat in the T20 for SA ?
How old is Zondo and what's his FC average ? , he played vs Australia and got a few starts so maybe he could be promising.De Zorzi I know is a young prospect .
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Yeah I'm afraid my this is clutching at straws , Qeshile didn't even bat in those couple of T20 games so you can't really call that international experience, but he is among the more talented black batters that we have and he keeps wicket aswell ..
Khaya Zondo is not a young player he is like 33 years old and he averages 31 in FC , I always say when your age is higher than your FC average you've got big problems ..
He shouldn't be anywhere near an international squad , jury is still out on De Zorzi but what I like about him is his penchant for big scores, he has a FC triple hundred , and before that he got a double hundred albeit in provincial cricket(A level below your normal FC in SA) .
 
Dendarii

Dendarii

International Debutant
Bahseph said:
Sipamla is a legitimate Test quick imo,whilst de Zorzi falls under black African and Qeshile has some T20I experience. Heck in these circumstances Zondo is an okay squad pick. Don't think Quotas will matter much.
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Hamza and Stuurman wouldn't be bad calls either. So conceivably there could be more non-white players selected than there were in South Africa's last test match, just through natural circumstances.
 
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Socerer 01

International Captain
Silver Silva said:
I saw Qeshile play against SL A , wasn't impressed tbh , how did he go with the bat in the T20 for SA ?
How old is Zondo and what's his FC average ? , he played vs Australia and got a few starts so maybe he could be promising.De Zorzi I know is a young prospect .
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Kenneth Viljoen said:
Yeah I'm afraid my this is clutching at straws , Qeshile didn't even bat in those couple of T20 games so you can't really call that international experience, but he is among the more talented black batters that we have and he keeps wicket aswell ..
Khaya Zondo is not a young player he is like 33 years old and he averages 31 in FC , I always say when your age is higher than your FC average you've got big problems ..
He shouldn't be anywhere near an international squad , jury is still out on De Zorzi but what I like about him is his penchant for big scores, he has a FC triple hundred , and before that he got a double hundred albeit in provincial cricket(A level below your normal FC in SA) .
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is it just me or do you 2 have the same posting style and pattern weirdly lol
 
Silver Silva

Silver Silva

International Regular
Dendarii said:
For the umpteenth time, there are no match day quotas. The racial make-up of the side is assessed over an entire season.
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But you still need to play a certain amount of players of colour in matches, otherwise at the the end of the season if you're falling behind in that there will be consequences? It's not like you have freedom of selection like other teams .
 
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Socerer 01

International Captain
Silver Silva said:
But you still need to play a certain amount of players of colour in matches, otherwise at the the end of the season if you're falling behind in that there will be consequences? It's not like you have freedom of selection like other teams .
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freedom of selection and meritocracy in cricket is a big myth and i wish it dies tbh
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
Forgot that SA Emerging is playing a series against Zimbabwe Emerging..

Series is currently locked at 1-1

3rd odi today in Pretoria , SA Emerging bowled Zim out for 130, pick of the bowlers was Okuhle Cele 5/23 , Chase in a few minutes
 
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centurymaker

centurymaker

Cricketer Of The Year
This SA tour of NZ should not have test status since South Africa are possibly sending their 4th XI. Pretty much a first-class domestic team.
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
centurymaker said:
This SA tour of NZ should not have test status since South Africa are possibly sending their 4th XI. Pretty much a first-class domestic team.
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We have to wait and see who gets selected first, a lot can change from now and that tour...Ben Stokes was retired from ODI cricket a week ago , now he's going to the ODI WC..
I suspect this isn't as straightforward as it seems.
 
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