Pick a South Africa XI readmission to 2008

[Beleg]

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mate, rhodes is among my favourite players ever but you are taking the piss, surely. his batting was, at best, journeyman. prince is a geniune test class batsman capable of averaging in the high forties.

cullinan was nice to watch when he got going but cronje, kirsten, kallis and even the big P were better.

hudson, cullinan and mcmillan = among the most overrated cricketers ever


edit: should qualify my remarks about cullinan a bit. saw him play against both australia and pakistan, and he failed miserably - was a walking wicket most of the time.

 

[Richard]

I'm not sure who it was got him out against Pakistan, but with Australia it was purely and simply one bowler - Warne. He had no consistent troubles with any other Australian bowler. Kirsten and Kallis being better than him is fair noof, but not Cronje in my book and certainly not Prince.

Also not really sure how Rhodes can be described as "journeyman" - apart from the fact that SA was the only team he played for, he was a very fine batsman for all bar the middle portion of his Test career. Prince is a fairly moderate batsman - certainly in 2006/07 and 2008 he played well, but aside from that, he's not really done a hell of a lot of note. Test-class, yes - these days, though not until 2006/07. One of the better SA batsmen since readmission? I don't think so.

Also not entirely sure how McMillan is overrated, he was a fine batsman and more than useful bowler. Also not too sure how Hudson is overrated as I've hardly ever heard anyone offer a rating of him at all. It's difficult to be overrated without a rating.