State of SA

[sloandog]

South Africa have some real fire power in their side at the moment. Very much like the side of the 90's, where there were fast bowling all rounders who hit the ball hard. Klusenar, Pollock, Macmillan, Snell etc.

This current side now has Jansen, Bosch and Coetzee when fit.

It lends such ballance to the side when you have players like that and it's telling. I can't believe Philequayo and Magala kept Bosch out of this side for so long

[sloandog]

And the middle order is so so dangerous.

Brevis, Breitzkee, De Zorzi (really rate him) and Miller when he's back. Pretorius, De Kock, Markram and Rickleton then compliment the middle order by getting off to a flier. One of the most exciting LO side SA have had for a long time I reckon. Not overly sure Bavuma makes this side of you're selecting your best. But he's skipper

[andruid]

Quotas have really destroyed South African sport, so much to the extent that they are now World Champions in both Rugby and Cricket.

Can't tell if this sarcasm, but it is not remotely the same thing.

Zim force quotas regardless of talent. The players getting picked for SA are generally worthy of their spot.

I think the difference is that there is greater investment in bringing young black boys and girls into training and development programs, hence the quota becoming redundant in the face of players from all walks of life getting in on merit. Even then they are still struggling to bring through as many black specialist batsmen as bowlers and bowling allrounders, on account that developing a world class batsman is just that much more resource intensive.