South Africa team selection

[Stefan9]

Zondo ahead of farhaan is a joke...

 

[TT Boy]

It’s not even a like-for-like selection. Farhaan is a finisher and Zondo isn’t. S/R in this year’s Momentum Cup is 65 with a highest score of 46. Really poor selection and if they don’t play him will he have a cry again?

 

[StephenZA]

Zondo ahead of farhaan is a joke...

Terrible decision. I don't actually mind Zondo being picked he has played well the last season or 2. But not in place of one of the most consistent performers. I'm surprised to see Markram in the squad. Hopefully this is just a try to see what we have available selections.

 

[Dendarii]

Hopefully this is just a try to see what we have available selections.

It does seem as though that might be the case.

From the article:

But Behardien was assured his World Cup dreams were not over. He will come into consideration after the first half of the India series, when South Africa will reassess their squad. "He knows, every single player knows that after the third game, we are going to sit and decide. We will definitely be resting, rotating and giving opportunity otherwise we will be sitting with the same names as we prepare for 2019," Zondi said.

 

[Stefan9]

Terrible decision. I don't actually mind Zondo being picked he has played well the last season or 2. But not in place of one of the most consistent performers. I'm surprised to see Markram in the squad. Hopefully this is just a try to see what we have available selections.

Not surprised markram is in the squad. Think Ottis wants him in the team even if it's middle order instead of his normal opening role.

 

[GRAB]

Markram's had some very big one-day innings in franchise cricket. If they're looking to expand their options, he's hard to ignore. De Kock / Amla has been a pretty successful ODI partnership though...

 

[Prince EWS]

Markram bowls some darts too, which could be useful going forward if they want to phase out Duminy.

 

[Bahseph]

I've been pretty happy with the way the quotas have been handled by the team management but you get the feeling this Phehlukwayo inclusion really was purely racially motivated. No sense picking him as a fifth bowler when he only gets a couple of overs in the second innings. Really would have liked de Bruyn in there.

 

[Niall]

I've been pretty happy with the way the quotas have been handled by the team management but you get the feeling this Phehlukwayo inclusion really was purely racially motivated. No sense picking him as a fifth bowler when he only gets a couple of overs in the second innings. Really would have liked de Bruyn in there.

]Zondo inclusion in the ODI squad does have a whiff of a quota call, although have also read his Dad is a big shot so possibly also that to consider.

I don't think there was a quota call in the inclusion of Phel' though as he was included at the expense of Bavuma who is not white.

 

[Stefan9]

]Zondo inclusion in the ODI squad does have a whiff of a quota call, although have also read his Dad is a big shot so possibly also that to consider.

I don't think there was a quota call in the inclusion of Phel' though as he was included at the expense of Bavuma who is not white.

Bavuma fractured a finger so wasn't in consideration for this game.
I think if temba was available and not de bruyn , they would have played the extra batter...

 

[Bahseph]

Bavuma fractured a finger so wasn't in consideration for this game.
I think if temba was available and not de bruyn , they would have played the extra batter...

Exactly my line of thinking. Bavuma for Phehlukwayo is not a straight switch. Unfortunately it just makes you think there are other factors at play. I'm not knocking Lucky, I'm actually bias towards all my Dolphins boys haha, but the selection just didn't sit well with me.

 

[TT Boy]

Worst is Faf only gave Phehlukwayo 10 overs all game, so presumably he wasn’t happy or felt confident enough to bowl Phehlukwayo more, which isn’t good for the player or team.

 

[GRAB]

Worst is Faf only gave Phehlukwayo 10 overs all game, so presumably he wasn’t happy or felt confident enough to bowl Phehlukwayo more, which isn’t good for the player or team.

And yet in the first innings he got Pujara when set, which was a big, big stick...

 

[StephenZA]

And yet in the first innings he got Pujara when set, which was a big, big stick...

Still does not make it a good selection....

 

[GRAB]

With ODI's coming up...
As of end of round robin, best career franchise one-day batting averages:

R NAME M I R AVE SR
01 T De Bruyn 16 16 778 51,9 90
02 Malan 16 15 717 51,2 77
03 Ingram 77 75 3378 51,2 89
04 De villiers 21 21 968 51,0 90
05 Markram 11 11 558 50,7 105
06 Du plessis 71 64 2374 47,5 93
07 Second 49 46 1821 43,4 95
08 Klaasen 17 16 604 43,1 95
09 Thomson 11 10 302 43,1 92
10 Kruger 10 10 341 42,6 85
11 Elgar 75 72 2464 41,1 79
12 Van der D'en 43 41 1474 40,9 73
13 Erwee 16 16 654 40,9 76
14 Duminy 52 47 1667 40,7 83
15 Behardien 107 92 2764 40,1 95
16 D Hendricks 29 23 799 40,0 76
17 Jonker 38 34 1059 39,2 109
18 M van Wyk 139 137 4928 39,1 85
19 Levi 71 67 2443 38,8 110
20 Rossouw 61 61 2218 38,2 91
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21 Zondo 53 49 1452 38,2 75
23 Van jaars'ld 122 113 3840 37,3 87
24 Cloete 33 31 1076 37,1 72
25 Miller 63 56 1771 36,9 100
26 R Hendricks 75 71 2497 36,7 87
29 Moonsamy 15 15 497 35,5 82
32 Amla 27 26 916 35,2 83
34 J Smuts 96 92 3068 34,9 80
45 De kock 26 24 722 30.1 93
55 Bavuma 47 39 875 25,7 76

 

[StephenZA]

So with QDK`s being so out of form I can not see SA sensibly going on with the 6/5 strategy at the moment. Things might change if he really gets his confidence back during the LO stuff... but really Bavuma/de Bruyn need to start in the test team for the Aussies.

 

[Bolo]

Phel is probably the most obvious example of a qouta player we have ever seen. 5 fast bowlers throws off the balance of the side significantly. There just wasn't a black player who was uninjured who could have been selected.

It's harsh on him in some ways. There isn't much wrong with how he's performed in the tests he has played. His stats for this match were ok, he just didn't get a chance to bowl much because there were 4 better quicks. At the same time, he should never have gotten near the test side in the 1st place. His first class record is garbage.

Anyway, dead rubber, and if you are gonna fill quotas, now is the time. It's also nice to see such a non-white bowling lineup, because historically i think we've only ever had current players, adams and ntini as non-white bowling mainstays in the test team.

 

[Stefan9]

So with QDK`s being so out of form I can not see SA sensibly going on with the 6/5 strategy at the moment. Things might change if he really gets his confidence back during the LO stuff... but really Bavuma/de Bruyn need to start in the test team for the Aussies.

Agreed. Things get complicated if Steyn is fit thought.

 

[StephenZA]

Agreed. Things get complicated if Steyn is fit thought.

Sadly, after some good performances, I do think that Morkel would need to be replaced by Steyn.... Philander was great with the new ball as always, but Rabada was a real threat with the older ball. Bowled some great spells. Obviously there is always the problem of somebody breaking down, but we should be alright with Maharaj in the team if something happens.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yeah if Steyn's fit , you go with him over Morkel. Was disappointing this series . Expected him to do way better after seeing him in England.