SeamUp
International Coach
4:15 today SA time : https://www.youtube.com/live/BGu4PDKN7rI
He will enjoy batting on the centurion pitch and at altitude. If keeps this form more catch chances this season .
The test and ODI teams were struggling long before SA20.Why do South African fans enjoy this btw?
You've signed your game over to the IPl overlords.
Already impacted your Test team and now your ODI team is going down the drain too cos your best players are busy playing another IPL dominated league.
I'm aware that you've lost people like Abbott and Harmer to County Cricket over earning potential.The test and ODI teams were struggling long before SA20.
Blaming the IPL overlords shows lack of knowledge regarding CSA management incompetence over the last decade.
Before the SA20 we would loss tons of players even first class players to other countries cause cricket wasn't a viable career if you aren't an international. Now if you can manage a SA20 contact you can have a career in first class cricket in SA.
Even casual fans hated that, but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt if it never happens again,which I don't think it will.I'm aware that you've lost people like Abbott and Harmer to County Cricket over earning potential.
Not to mention many others over the years, however you were a stronger side back for many previous examples
But as far I know you haven't sent a third choice Test team on a tour like you did in NZ. The only reason for that was the SA20.
Now if you'd sent your first XI you may well have had a chance of winning the series.
I don't blame any player chasing T20 money.Even casual fans hated that, but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt if it never happens again,which I don't think it will.
Also, your point about SA being a stronger side previously also applies to the context of when the IPL and T20 leagues became a thing. Before the established internationals got a T20 gig when the leagues started. Now guys like Stubbs and Brevis are making millions before they became Protea regulars. If the SA20 allows them to make that cash and still be available for SA I'll take it, and so will many other fans. You can't view the career choices of non big 3 players the same as the big 3.
Game has changed hasn't it? Us true cricket fans still love a good old Test, but I've accepted that they will be rare moving forward. My hope is that the young guys who come up in this IPL age still want to play Tests and so far guys like Stubbs, Jansen, Coetzee, de Zorzi, Rickelton, Mulder and Verreynne have shown they want to play the long form as well. I'd be getting concerned when a 20 year old says he isn't interested in FC games. It might come, but I think the allure of being a Test great still catches most players.I don't blame any player chasing T20 money.
I guess I'm just sad the IPL is going to takeover cricket and ultimately destroy it as we know it.
Delhi Daredevils have purchased Hampshire. If South Africa cricket is somewhat already controlled by the IPL. It won't be long before English cricket is too.