Re: How come Namibia doesn't have a quota but Zim/SA have?
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:55 pm
This is sidetracking, the fact is there is no thing such as black genetics or white genetics resulting in one race being better at a particular sport, job, activity, and in our particular example, batting or bowling. It has a lot to do with exposure, resources and the desire.
at it's 'peak' Zim cricket was not great because it had white players only, but it had a pool of exposed, well resourced and desiring human beings who happened to be white for reasons we generally know. The likes of Ballance, de Grandenhome, Curran brothers had connections that allowed them to go overseas and get their raw talents nurtured by being exposed to better coaches and facilities which made them even better players. Even if Masakadza had followed that path, if he could, he may have also played for England (Assuming no racial bias in selection there).
Focus in ZC should be to invest in development nationwide to provide all races of desiring cricketers with exposure and resources to develop into international players, the team will naturally select itself and race would not be an issue. And if we currently have black players that are currently in the team on merit, batting and bowling, then surely genetics are an inferior reason for selection.
at it's 'peak' Zim cricket was not great because it had white players only, but it had a pool of exposed, well resourced and desiring human beings who happened to be white for reasons we generally know. The likes of Ballance, de Grandenhome, Curran brothers had connections that allowed them to go overseas and get their raw talents nurtured by being exposed to better coaches and facilities which made them even better players. Even if Masakadza had followed that path, if he could, he may have also played for England (Assuming no racial bias in selection there).
Focus in ZC should be to invest in development nationwide to provide all races of desiring cricketers with exposure and resources to develop into international players, the team will naturally select itself and race would not be an issue. And if we currently have black players that are currently in the team on merit, batting and bowling, then surely genetics are an inferior reason for selection.