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  1. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    I don't know, Bavuma might get an SA20 gig.
  2. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    https://mannersoncricket.substack.com/p/how-good-would-sa-e-team-be Discuss.
  3. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    NZ hasn't played more than two Tests in a series at home in years and I think in their entire history they have only played one five-Test series, but the game is still strong there. And Pakistan didn't have any home international cricket for however many years it was after that awful terrorist...
  4. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    Unfortunately, unless India, England, or Australia are touring hosting Test series normally results in a financial loss. SA20 may well have saved SA cricket overall, but there are going to be causalities as a result.
  5. Marius

    *Official* World Cup Qualifiers 2023

    Will really be a coup for Scotland if they qualify. Apparently their admin is a complete shambles so to qualify is really impressive. https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1382342/how-cricket-in-scotland-has-stumbled-from-a-racism-scandal-to-the-brink-of-meltdown
  6. Marius

    Worst Selections of All Time

    Using your final criterion, some would say Makhaya Ntini.
  7. Marius

    Worst Selections of All Time

    Pieter Strydom somehow playing two Tests and ten ODIs for South Africa. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/pieter-strydom-47255
  8. Marius

    Test Cricket "Hot Takes"

    I don't know, I think he was pretty good against pace. In that 1994 game where Devon Malcolm blew SA away Cullinan was the only guy he didn't get, with Cullinan also just missing out on a ton. In my opinion he was SA's best batter in the 1990s.
  9. Marius

    Test Cricket "Hot Takes"

    Daryll Cullinan could play spin, he just couldn't play Warne.
  10. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    Faf and Rob Walter have apparently been talking and there is a slim possibility Faf could make himself available for white ball stuff. A problem is CSA has been very reluctant to let players pick and choose formats by awarding contracts for only certain formats (although we de facto have that...
  11. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    Why don't you start a thread to have this discussion? I think it's interesting and deserves its own thread and won't clog this one up.
  12. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    I think you mean TrisTON 😎
  13. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    I bought a copy last year already.
  14. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    Nice story on Maphaka, hope he gets managed properly and doesn't burn out at 25...
  15. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    With India I think most of those private schools are likely to be low-fee private schools (of the kind you get in SA in townships and lots of inner cities). There is zero chance that half of Indian kids are in St Johns or Bishops type schools where fees are $5000 - $10 000 a year or more. Also...
  16. Marius

    *Official* World Cup Qualifiers 2023

    Like most intimate relationships.
  17. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    Then why does a country like England, which is far richer than SA and where cricket is culturally more embedded than here, still see most of its batters come from the same schools and backgrounds? Also, on the point of having quality nets etc everywhere I think it's important to have that but...
  18. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    But that's the point, even if every village and dorpie had decent nets and a coach most batters would still be coming from where they come from now.
  19. Marius

    South Africa team selection

    I think even if we had amazing facilities in every township, village, and dorpie in SA, we would still have many of the same issues. Batting is very technical as you say and you need to get good coaching from a fairly young age. It is no surprise that most of SA's batters come from private...
  20. Marius

    SA's best pre-isolation XI, isolation XI, and post-isolation XI

    Reading the comments agree that Faulkner should be in the pre-isolation XI, can't believe I left him out and I must been having a stroke when I did the post-isolation XI list to leave out Donald.

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