Its strange even though this is a pretty dire situation, I'm actually pretty calm and not at all surprised, I think most SA fans kinda knew this could happen ..
I mean let's run through the top 7 :
1. Dean Elgar is Sir Geoffrey Boycott at home but away from home he's Darren Ganga ..
2. Sarel Erwee smashing bloke and an honest pro who had a few good domestic seasons , fact is though he's 33 years old and less than 18 months ago was considering retiring from the game all together , his selection was like a Make a Wish Foundation decision come true .
3. Rassie Van Der Dussen is a discount Du Plessis at Test level , 18 tests in and the 33 year old has got more broken fingers than Test hundreds
4. Temba Bavuma man for a crisis , decent form but can't seem to knock off the tendency of losing his wicket after getting a start , No.4 is way too high for him and De Zorzi should replace him soon
5. Khaya Zondo , can't see any future for him in Test cricket , what were the selectors thinking? I mean when your age is higher than your FC batting average (A problem Sir Don Bradman never had a problem with) that is a good indication you aren't ready for Tests .
6.Kyle Verryenne still young. Scores lots of runs for Western Province, the potential is there but he ain't gonna realise it in this chaotic Batting line up, might need to consider dropping the gloves and focus on being a specialist batsman .
7. Marco Jansen , I feel for him , cause he's got all the raw materials to be a World class Test Seamer but the selection panel is trying to make him into something he's not yet , a genuine all rounder ...Just let the kid bat at 8 or 9 and worry about his bowling for ffs.