South Africa team selection

[WpGuy]

Rassie's career strike rate is 130 and in 3 matches played this year it's 140. He's opened 3 times in his career, with an average of 14 and a strike rate of 116.
Reeza's career strike rate is 133 and in 4 matches played this year it's 169. He's opened 55 times out of 58 innings, with an average of 33 and a strike rate of 134.

Why would Rassie be the better option to open?

Let's see in crunch games how Reeza does, I'll be happy for him to prove me wrong. I rate him as a Gibbs who if he never saw his true potential .

 

[WpGuy]

Reeza's place in this T20I team should not be up for discussion.

Lol okay but quinnys is and rickleton has been on fire time will tell but only rickleton and Markram and stubbs will have int t20 futures post this wc of the 7 batsmen.

 

[WpGuy]

Eish Reeza not getting off to good start.

 

[Bahseph]

Lol okay but quinnys is and rickleton has been on fire time will tell but only rickleton and Markram and stubbs will have int t20 futures post this wc of the 7 batsmen.

Agree on this point. Really hope Rickleton comes good across all formats for us.

 

[ThatSportsGent]

Reeza's place in this T20I team should not be up for discussion.

Completely agree

 

[WpGuy]

Completely agree

So far strike one. 2 strikes left.

 

[ThatSportsGent]

So far strike one. 2 strikes left.

How can you say the guy hasn't earned a run in the national team? We have been way more patient with guys that have performed a lot less. Have you seen Reeza's T20 stats for the Proteas, his up there with the other guys in team?
Average of 32 over with a SR of 133.
QDK averages 32 with a SR of 137

Rassie has a slightly better average than both at 34 and but SR is lower at 130.

QDK is not that much more destructive than Reeza in the T20I scene.

 

[ThatSportsGent]

How can you say the guy hasn't earned a run in the national team? We have been way more patient with guys that have performed a lot less. Have you seen Reeza's T20 stats for the Proteas, his up there with the other guys in team?
Average of 32 over with a SR of 133.
QDK averages 32 with a SR of 137

Rassie has a slightly better average than both at 34 and but SR is lower at 130.

QDK is not that much more destructive than Reeza in the T20I scene.

IMO QDK spot is the one up for discussion, not Reeza. Whether that may be for Rickleton or Rassie(not possible atm as he is not in the squad).

 

[Nintendo]

I think cricket south africa should leave all selection decisions to a panel of us cricketweb members. Clearly we know more than them. That is why they fear and watch us.

 

[Dendarii]

How can you say the guy hasn't earned a run in the national team? We have been way more patient with guys that have performed a lot less. Have you seen Reeza's T20 stats for the Proteas, his up there with the other guys in team?
Average of 32 over with a SR of 133.
QDK averages 32 with a SR of 137

Rassie has a slightly better average than both at 34 and but SR is lower at 130.

QDK is not that much more destructive than Reeza in the T20I scene.

And in the last two years it's

• Reeza - average 41, strike rate 153
• QDK - average 27, strike rate 145
• Rassie - average 24, strike rate 127

Reeza may not have always performed that well in the past (although that would be more ODIs than T20s), but on current form there's no logical reason to leave him out.

 

[WpGuy]

How can you say the guy hasn't earned a run in the national team? We have been way more patient with guys that have performed a lot less. Have you seen Reeza's T20 stats for the Proteas, his up there with the other guys in team?
Average of 32 over with a SR of 133.
QDK averages 32 with a SR of 137

Rassie has a slightly better average than both at 34 and but SR is lower at 130.

QDK is not that much more destructive than Reeza in the T20I scene.

I said no BMT hope I am wrong though!

 

[ThatSportsGent]

And in the last two years it's

• Reeza - average 41, strike rate 153
• QDK - average 27, strike rate 145
• Rassie - average 24, strike rate 127

Reeza may not have always performed that well in the past (although that would be more ODIs than T20s), but on current form there's no logical reason to leave him out.

How do you pull the 2 year stats? Been trying to do that

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

I said no BMT hope I am wrong though!

QDK has one of the worst BMT ever for someone so talented

 

[WpGuy]

QDK has one of the worst BMT ever for someone so talented

Yep also bad, rassie/rickleton/bretske/de zorzi to take over post wc.

 

[Dendarii]

How do you pull the 2 year stats? Been trying to do that

Cricinfo's Statsguru lets you choose a date range, and also has a "quick pick" with one of the options being last 2 years, which is what I used.

 

[Bahseph]

Just checking in on my fellow Saffas. Are we feeling it yet?

 

[Dendarii]

I'm still trying to process things. South Africa saving their best performance for a knockout? This is unheard of.

 

[Stefan9]

Fantastic performance from the boys.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

This has probably been the best bowling and fielding performances ever managed at an international tournament for the Proteas..

These are usually what determines matches in big tournaments, Miller and Markram especially have been electric in the field.

 

[StephenZA]

Honestly not really. Truly not been interested. And it doesn't mean anything to me personally, SA winning a T20 WC. However if it shuts people up about all the choking crap etc then I'm all for it.