Clinical from Ireland! Pathetic from South Africa.
Appointing 'BLACK' captains and hitting transformational targets seems to be the mantra of the Proteas nowadays. Trust ,this will be the end of SA cricket, if adequate opportunities arent given to budding propects.
Ah yes, the good old argument that always comes up when the Proteas lose. It’s somehow always the fault of the quotas, every black player in the system and the ’BLACK’ Captains if they lose. Somehow Mark Boucher escapes criticism everytime they lose despite being a control freak whose captains are usually present to execute his tactical plans and despite selecting average domestic players over youngsters with potential.
Oh and they’ve appointed one, just ONE black captain. If that makes you lose your mind, I can only imagine how good your thoughts are regarding race and cricket in SA. How dare CSA appoint one of the best domestic captains currently available? Should they not know better than to appoint a ‘BLACK’ captain. Wonder where you were with these thoughts when SA won in West Indies (the defending champions and favourites according to many) against their near full strength XI in T20Is. Was Bavuma not responsible then?
The end of SA Cricket will be because of
- Over nearly a hundred years of systemic neglect, outright racism and exclusion of a huge community and large swathes of the population that has resulted in the current player pool lacking quality. If you think cricket would continue to be sustained on the back of very few elite schools with a mostly white and minor population that keeps dwindling every year, I have a bridge to sell to you.
- Over twenty years of absolutely ignoring recommendations for the growth of cricket in the black communities that resulted in just one Makhaya Ntini playing internationally with success. Oh and he also happened to be excluded frequently and mistreated by a clique of senior players including his own captain. In any other country, what happened to Tsolekile would be seen as grave injustice. Heck, if he were a white cricketer we would be crying over how he was a victim of the ’racist quota’ policies. Instead he is brushed aside as a simple match-fixer.
- A lack of planning to replace an ATG XI. They aren’t the only side to suffer from this, Australia struggled by their own standards to come up with proper replacements to their 2000s side, West Indies are nowhere near where they were and Sri Lanka’s present seems to get worse day by day. And yet, five years of proper quota enforcement is supposed to be the reason for SA’s downfall? What nonsense!