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South Africa team selection

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Stefan9

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I see Boucher & Kallis are talking about good cricket wickets. So thankfully seems the Ottis green pitch idea has been buried.
 
SeamUp

SeamUp

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Vernon Philander retiring from all forms of international cricket after the England test series. Basically Test cricket for him.

Great FC and test career. Newlands test debut v Australia and rarely looked back. Probably lacked versatility of others to be great but still had the discipline to contribute by rarely leaking runs.
 
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StephenZA

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SeamUp said:
Vernon Philander retiring from all forms of international cricket after the England test series. Basically Test cricket for him.

Great FC and test career. Newlands test debut v Australia and rarely looked back. Probably lacked versatility of others to be great but still had the discipline to contribute by rarely leaking runs.
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Fantastic player, will be missed.

Tough time for him to go from a SA point of view, but hopefully leaves with a great swansong.
 
Dendarii

Dendarii

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theegyptian said:
Kolpak? Wouldn't be surprised if he's already got something lined up with one of the english counties.
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Quite possibly. Kolpak is still an option because Brexit has happened yet, so maybe he's getting in while he still has a chance.

Even though we all knew that it was coming any any day now, it's a still a big blow for South Africa as it leaves us with a very inexperienced bowling attack. Rabada's played 40, but the only others with test experience are Ngidi, Nortje, and Mulder, who don't have 10 between them. I believe the talent's still there, but Boucher and his crew have their work cut for them.
 
SeamUp

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theegyptian said:
Kolpak? Wouldn't be surprised if he's already got something lined up with one of the english counties.
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Dendarii said:
Quite possibly. Kolpak is still an option because Brexit has happened yet, so maybe he's getting in while he still has a chance.

Even though we all knew that it was coming any any day now, it's a still a big blow for South Africa as it leaves us with a very inexperienced bowling attack. Rabada's played 40, but the only others with test experience are Ngidi, Nortje, and Mulder, who don't have 10 between them. I believe the talent's still there, but Boucher and his crew have their work cut for them.
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Sadly , most likely.

Kolpak offers have long been put on the table for him. Any county would love to have him.
 
SeamUp

SeamUp

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Dendarii said:
Although it's very possible that he would have bowed out after the England series anyway, and Kolpak still being an option is just a bonus.
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Definitely. If there was any doubt the urgency probably pushed him too.

But it is frustrating if he can't play domestic cricket like Amla etc
 
SeamUp

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anil1405 said:
Isn't the quota meant to balance out over a period of time instead of fixed number of quota players every game as the article suggests?
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That is what I mean by typical English press. Jumping on something trying to heighten problems and they don''t have the correct details.
 
Dendarii

Dendarii

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anil1405 said:
Isn't the quota meant to balance out over a period of time instead of fixed number of quota players every game as the article suggests?
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It is, and they actually haven't met the quota for the past two seasons anyway (with no apparent consequences), so it's a bit of a non-starter.
 
morgieb

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Still remember watching the Super Sport Series Final where he made his FC debut at 18 years of age - https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...kwazulu-natal-final-supersport-series-2003-04

10 2-18 figures in the 1st innings just typified him.
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That WP side looked stacked. 9 out of 11 internationals (though Johnson only played for Zimbabwe, I think he was good enough at his best to crack the South African ODI team at least) and Friend had a long and prosperous FC career. And that was without Smith, Gibbs and Kallis for good measure....
 
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