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South African Domestic Season 2015/16

MrPrez

MrPrez

International Debutant
I was at the Warriors - Titans match yesterday. I must agree with the assessment of Shamsi I've read in this thread - he was a class above the other bowlers.

Quota players are glaringly obvious, unfortunately - particularly in the Titans set-up. When your number 3 batsman averages 16, and when one of your pacers trundles in without doing anything special at all, you know you're stretching.
 
MrPrez

MrPrez

International Debutant
Also, is Andrew Birch injured or something? The pacers that were played looked to be fairly exciting talents but not at Birch's level. Although I assume his exclusion has to do with quotas too.
 
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Stefan9

International Debutant
Tbf the titans side that played on sunday was almost a c/d side due to the injuries and all the national call ups to the main side and a side.


Interesting article on where all the players from the winning under 19 went, obviously everyone knows of kg but interesting where the others went.

Where are they now?
 
MrPrez

MrPrez

International Debutant
Stefan9 said:
Tbf the titans side that played on sunday was almost a c/d side due to the injuries and all the national call ups to the main side and a side.

Where are they now?
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True, but I struggle to believe that they can't find a batsman who can average above 16 to bat at number 3. Considering the likes of Kuhn were pencilled in below him.
 
SeamUp

SeamUp

International Coach
Oduodu said:
No piedt has statistically proven himself in franchise cricket. He's probably the best performing spinner over the last 4 seasons, I was surprised by his batting. He looks quite good at the crease.
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He was a delight to watch the other night at Newlands. Changes in flight and changes of pace with no real changes in his action. Even bowled a couple of one's that went the other way.
 
SeamUp

SeamUp

International Coach
Cook a ?student? of the game - SuperSport - Cricket

Cook a ‘student’ of the game

Dozens of high fives did the rounds at the University of Johannesburg after Stephen Cook had hit 14 fours in an innings of 115 in his test cricket debut at Centurion recently.

Cook had been a star student and a role model at UJ well before his belated elevation to international cricket for the fourth test match between South Africa and England.

The 33-year-old had won an award for academic excellence and, unbeknown to most spectators and television viewers who saw his superb batting at SuperSport Park, had earned a BCom LLB to go with all the cricket records behind his name.

When Cook began his studies in 2003, UJ was still known as Rand Afrikaans University. One of his varsity friends was rugby superstar Bryan Habana, whom he had known from their days at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg.

By the time he completed his LLB in 2009 – after a break to play club cricket in England – Cook had represented UJ in several SA universities and national club tournaments.

Playing first-class cricket for the Gauteng Lions while pursuing his academic qualifications, Cook had to keep his eye on the ball, so to speak. But encouragement and advice were never far, because the staff at UJ included Cook’s famous cricketing father Jimmy.

The elder Cook was also well-versed in the art of biding his time, having earned his first call-up for South Africa at the age of 39 after scoring runs by the ton as opening batsman for what used to be Transvaal’s “Mean Machine”.

With a teaching degree behind his name, he was also a highly rated first-division soccer player for Wits and later became the cricket manager at UJ.

There could not have been a prouder man in South Africa than Stephen James Cook the day Stephen Craig Cook became the sixth South African to score a century on test debut.

Jimmy had to cancel an overseas trip to watch his lad play in his first test match, but was just too happy to do so. Also watching his heroics at SuperSport Park were Stephen’s mother Linsey, his wife Laura and their little daughter Elianna.

Cook junior rewrote the record books in 2009 when he scored 390 runs – the first triple “ton” for the Lions – against the Warriors in a first-class innings.

As one of the few current international cricketers who boast a university degree, he intends to concentrate on his cricket career for a while still before, perhaps, putting his qualifications to good use.
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SeamUp

SeamUp

International Coach
SeamUp said:
Plays through the off-side well and is a good timer. Has an appetite for going big when in which is odd considering he never scored a schoolboy hundred yet at senior level it is another story. He was meant to get his Cobras debut last week but fell ill.

There is another youngster, Jason Smith, from the Cobras who was part of the u19 world cup winning squad and he did debut in the 4-day stuff and is set to debut in the Momentum 1-day cup tomorrow.

Must have improved quite a bit from when I last saw him and they say his bowling has come on a bit to make him an all-rounder candidate.
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He looked a million dollars scoring 50 off 50 balls on debut. Clean ball-striking.

Obviously would need to improve his bowling at this level but he can bat that is for sure.

He is in the national academy in-take for 2016. Basically to promote young players of colour these days.

Powerade SA National Academy Men’s Squad: Karabo Mogotsi (Gauteng), Marques Ackerman (North West), Bjorn Fortuin (Lions), Ngazabini Sigwili (Eastern Province), Geraldo George (Boland), Dayyaan Galiem (Western Province), Tsepang Dithole (KZN Inland), Simon Khomari (Boland), Jason Smith (Western Province), Eldrid Hawken (Northerns), Vincent Moore (Easterns), Rivaldo Moonsamy (Northerns), Leus du Plooy (Free State), Tshepo Ntuli (Free State), Patrick Kruger (Northern Cape), Mbulelo Budaza (Northern Cape), Andile Phehlukwayo (Dolphins), Sibonelo Makhanya (Dolphins).
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Sacricketfan

Cricket Spectator
Hi SeamUp,

Do you think Dayyaan Galiem could be fast tracked as has happened in the case of Rabada and De Kock? From what I've seen of him, he looks like a really quality player, probably the only one I can think of in South Africa who is a batting all rounder in the Kallis mould (Not comparing him to the great man). I really feel we should move away from the likes of mclaren, wiese, albie morkel, parnell, morris, etc. Bits and pieces players who fade in comparison to the pollocks, kluseners, mcmillians, bojes and halls.
 
StephenZA

StephenZA

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Parnell opening for Cobras in domestic ODI game?.... bit desperate from SA to try find another opening batsmen!!
 
Marius

Marius

International Debutant
stphndbsn said:
Parnell opening for Cobras in domestic ODI game?.... bit desperate from SA to try find another opening batsmen!!
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He opened for them in the Ram Slam too, batted well though.

Saw that 99 he got against the Lions, he batted very well.
 
StephenZA

StephenZA

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Marius said:
But Dolphins haven't done anything amazing though to be fair in the last few seasons.

And in the RamSlam they were dire without KP.
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Yes but they have not been exactly terrible either. And the "new" coaching staff is pretty much the same the same people Klusener was working with (as far as I am aware). Its not as if they are bringing in a new coach with new ideas to change things up. And then they have given no reason, it is not like they said to him we want to see improvement by the end of the season or else we are going to look elsewhere, they just said to him we don`t want you in charge any more... Sorry, it just smacks more of a political decision rather than a cricketing one.
 
Marius

Marius

International Debutant
stphndbsn said:
Yes but they have not been exactly terrible either. And the "new" coaching staff is pretty much the same the same people Klusener was working with (as far as I am aware). Its not as if they are bringing in a new coach with new ideas to change things up. And then they have given no reason, it is not like they said to him we want to see improvement by the end of the season or else we are going to look elsewhere, they just said to him we don`t want you in charge any more... Sorry, it just smacks more of a political decision rather than a cricketing one.
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I'm not saying you're wrong. But also saying it's not like Jake White and the World Cup in 2007.
 
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Woden

Cricket Spectator
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While quota selections have not been all bad, the final highlighted what happens to the team balance when it goes wrong
 
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