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    **Official** South African Domestic Season 2013/14

    As expected, more information becomes available: South Africa news : Petersen to meet Lions CEO over resignation issue I expect that after the Thursday meeting, there will be more information and an update as to whether things will return to normal. Just a note on the decision to appoint...
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    Future Tour Program

    While me and every Saffa would loooooooveeeee a 5 test series against England and/or Aussies to kick the living snot out of them while we still have our number 1 ranking, test cricket is on the decline in SA. In fact, it doesn't make any considerable profit either through match attendance or...
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    Third Name Listed for ATG XI

    If this line of reasoning is considered credible, then by the same logic, Sobers can also be discredited as an automatic pick because with JK's retirement, Sobers is not unique/peerless anymore. Hobb's as a unique specimen will then become the second automatic pick.
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    **Official** South African Domestic Season 2013/14

    Reeza Hendricks and Rilee Russouw produced the second 100 run partnership of the season when they beat the Lion's. Reeza is looking like the elegant stroke maker ala Hashim Amla style while Rilee looks like the savage aggressor. During both partnerships, they didn't look like getting out. Do...
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    Hansie Cronje movie

    I walked into that retort in my carelessness to elucidate To explain... Hansie Cronje from a young age was raised to be a leader. He was the ultimate expression of Afrikaanerdom...virtuous, pious and upstanding. His elevation to the Protea's captaincy was a beacon of hope to all Afrikaaners...
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    Thami Tsolekile put into perspective

    The only way that we are going to find the answer to that question is to throw him into the deep end and see if he can swim. Yes...he was crap but so were alot of people after 3 tests. Jacques Kallis looked crap for 7 tests before he proved to himself and the rest of the world that he belonged...
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    Thami Tsolekile put into perspective

    Can't compare. ABdV doesn't have a FC Wicket Keeper career. Tsolekile's number of tests played (3) is to small a sample to compare. To be fair to your question, why fix it if it ain't broke? Me and you can both agree on this. Agreed. But as ABdV's profile on ESPN cricinfo says, give the man a...
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    **Official** South African Domestic Season 2013/14

    When the Team sheet for the Lion's game was announced, the first thing I noticed was Thami recorded as the captain. That was a shock because they are such a settled unit and everyone knows their job. I don't have a problem with Thami leading the team because Thami was/is the VC and lead the team...
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    Thami Tsolekile put into perspective

    There is a lot of discussion revolving around Thami Tsolekile currently and when you look at Thami's player record, his FC stats are atrocious. However, a recent conversation with another SA cricket enthusiast led to the realization and understanding that FC stats in SA are distorting and...
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    Third Name Listed for ATG XI

    The Hadlee claim/theory that you are putting forward is actually credible. The example I would use is Steyn and Philander. Steyn's potency has been exceptional since Philander made his debut and Philander never ever took a 10 wicket haul until he started bowling with Steyn. Together as a pair...
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    **Official** South African Domestic Season 2013/14

    Watching the Warrior's vs Cobra's match yesterday made me really question the Warrior's batting approach. Davy Jacob's, one of the best batters in the team coming in at 6, smashing the ball to every part of the park and the Warriors falling 18 runs short. It was painful watching the Warriors top...
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    Hansie Cronje movie

    Totally agree that the movie (by Hollywood standards) was not good but then again, it had a very limited budget. The actual cricket scenes in the movie were bog awful! But when the movie premiered in SA cinema's, theaters were packed although lots of viewers left with disappointment after the...
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    Am I the only person who thinks Kallis was a better player than Tendulkar?

    The following is a statistical analysis from a poster on ESPN cricinfo (check the comments section) who did analysis of batsmen run scoring rates based on 2000 run blocks. Basically what he is saying is that, take the runs that a batsman scored from 2000-4000, and then calculate the average of...
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    The case of the missing black Test cricketer

    I've taken your advice and changed where necessary but being in such a heightened and emotional state and feeling like I have an emotionally charged energiser battery stuck up my @rse, I might have missed "pointyish" references. If anyone reading this feels I am being overly "pointyish", please...
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    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2013/14

    Normally that would be true, but what you don't know is that Biff did a Harry Houdini act by not coming back to SAF and confronting the SAF public after the 2011 Cricket World Cup fiasco - rather opting to make a quick getaway to England for a "scheduled op" which really had SAF pissed. During...
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    The case of the missing black Test cricketer

    If you had read "the long response", you would notice that I chronicled 20+ years of transformation and quota issues that hint to the assertion that CSA has been negligent in fulfilling the political objectives of our country. Its not about picking a team or any AA candidates to make up the...
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    The case of the missing black Test cricketer

    Can't answer for UK, but I have read various articles on the Windies plight. West Indies being a colonized region, UK even post independence had a large sway over Windies life. However, with the USA becoming such a dominant force within the region, the Windies are now more influenced by American...
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    The case of the missing black Test cricketer

    Some one mentioned the fact that Vernon Philander made it into the Test team even having grown up in Ravensmead? Just to explain that... Ravensmead is a suburb on the outskirts of Bellville...a formerly white-designated CBD and residential area which has got lots of excellent sporting...
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    The case of the missing black Test cricketer

    Next time you are in a rural area and you see mining companies and Sasol building cricket fields, stop and explain to the nice people that they should stop their cricket field building and then take that money and rather invest it in paying for the salary of a coach and a small allowance for...
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    The case of the missing black Test cricketer

    Transformation is not wrong. Picking players on merit is not wrong. Its about precedence and priority of the 2 issues. The South African government backed by a then 80% majority of the voters in the country (including myself) voted for and endorsed a pro transformation policy more than a...

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