Shocking SA batting stat

Since local TV does not really show domestic cricket the only way we really can see some highlight packages of  especially  the youngsters sometimes posted on the internet, such was the  case with for instance Swiel.

Otherwise one has to look at their stats - but that could also be misleading.   For instance  Van Tonder's game stats are extremely high for the longer version of the game - but in shorter versions  of the game not so,   In the Under 19 WC  he was one of the top batsmen and also made captain of the Dream team  compiled by the ICC, so he does have the talent and temperament.

 Verreinne is another very interesting player = he broke all the batting records previously held by Kallis on school level and had a much higher strike rate than  Kallis ever had.    In the 3   ODI's he played in his strike rate was 84.17 - as against Kallis career ODI strike rate of 71 

Those are the two most impressive young batsmen mentioned by Dave.   The other youngsters mentioned by Dave is statistically  sound  and they have the potential to develop further looking at their stats;   I have seen too little of there batting to make any other comment,  

The player not mentioned by Dave is Mulder - whose batting stats were amazing after his return  from injury and his bowling in the first SriLanka test was very good,   Cheap and difficult to read - I rate him as a batting allrounder.  He also did not mention Migael Pretorius - who is statistically really a bowling all-rounder.   In the shorter versions of the game allrounders are very important and we were rather short of those in recent years,   The stats  of De Swardt also indicates him as a batting all=rounder,  

The problem in SA cricket  for years were stagnation in  player selection,   Whenever new players were selected they were near or already over the age of 30 years and there were no opportunities for younger players to built  careers - the only exception being  De Kock,  The decline from being no 1 rated for a number of years to the present no 8 ranking was really the result of that selection deficiency,

It is always wise to look at younger players and bring them into the team gradually - we have not done that in SA and as a result lost players like David Malan and even Labuschagne,           ,           

Dave

I am not a fan of Andile for the simple reason he is a poor batsman and more of a bowler than a batsman.   Andile played in four tests and  scored in total 19 runs in the tests for an average of 9,5.  He is a bowler that can bat a bit on test level.

On ODI level he is the same - when it comes to ODI's he has played in 48 matches against the 10 of Mulder and I rate  Mulder far ahead of him in any event,   I mentioned Mulder because his batting average is higher than any of the other batsmen who played recently - but still regard him as a rookie with huge potential in both batting and bowling.

In any event - while I agree with you about the rest your take on Verreinne is BS - there is nothing wrong with either his technique noir his strike rate in the few matches he played thus far.     If  anybody could beat all the betting records of Kallis at school level there is ZERO wrong with his technique.         

Dave

You are really suffering from delusion.   Andile played in four tests making in total only 19 runs, while in the two tests Mulder played he made  twice as many runs as Andile did.  

Andile played in 48 ODI's - some against very weak teams like Zimbabwe - and had a chance to improve his stats - give the same opportunities to Mulder and he would show how much better a player than Andile is.  

You have no case - but keep on thinking you have one.   Mulder is on the way up - and Andile is a not.   I prefer Andile to D Pretorius though. 

No Dave

Stick to facts and not unfounded perceptions and I would normally agree with you.     

I know it's almost impossible to believe, but it seems ou Maaik knows less about cricket than he knows about rugby.

Lol did you watch the WC, Mike?

Andile pretty much showed the rest of the guys what lengths they should bowl on those pitches. 

And he did it at about 10 clicks slower than ou r specialist bowlers.

You mean the WC where the Proteas lost 7 of the ten matches played,  They were  all totally substandard players  and in the land of the blind cockeye was king,    Anyway Andile may play in ODI's and T20I games - but he is no star,   He is not a test players backside or perhaps he is.     

So the proteas did well in the 2019 WC and did not disgrace the country and themselves the process?    

I did not say anything - bit the truth.   In a horrible performing team he looked  better in a bad crowd.    I watched all the games and saw what a mess they made of squad selection.   The squad basically was the so-called squad basically comprised of the team that achieved a great disaster - the first time the SL team beat the lot in SA.   

The  SL loss was not a bad as Meyer's Japan Disaster - but came very close to infamy,

So lets face facts - 

*    the  Springbok squad for the 2015 Rugby WC was the worst ever representing SA and -

*    the 2019 Cricket World Cup Protea squad was the worst ever since cricket started om SA.

Amongst that lot the bar to look better than the others is set very low.    

"Posted by: Rooinek (11139 posts)

I know it's almost impossible to believe, but it seems ou Maaik knows less about cricket than he knows about rugby."

Says the one with nothing but contempt for off spinners...the backstabber who betrayed Ou Maaik and embraced a decade-long foe just because of Trump...you can't make up this stuff.