Dave
There is no point - in the end all the over 30 year olds have failed over the last two years - but the selectors and Smith and Boucher refuse to recognize that and want to rebuild the Protea team by using over 30 has beens and never-has-beens to build up a squad for the future, What a farce,
Was asking a mate of mine who played with Boucher at Border what he thought of Boucher as a coach
He said as a player he was a hard nut as we all know but as a coach it’s hard to tell as he earned his stripes at the Titans which is the wealthiest provincial side that is very well run so easy to coach
So he says it does not give a true reflection of his ability as a coach
I’m not convinced about Boucher simply based on his idea of who constitutes our best players. His selections are boring and show no eye on the future
Ja we really lost that T20 because of old Miller and old Shamsi.....but Sipamla and Fortuin were brilliant.
And Phlek, let’s not forget that brilliant youngster.....out for a duck, misses a ball for four , gets carted for some sixes and then hands the game to Pakie by bowling a no-ball full toss that gets carted for 6 right at the crucial point.
Gotta love these young talents!
Do not write off this squad as they are about to prove us all wrong with the Irish series coming up.
Hopefully.
Just a pity old Miller has been failing for the past 18 months having not scored a 50 in hell knows how long
Moz got to love your laughable definition of a player based on one game
Ignorance of the highest level
Let me guess Dale Steyn never bowled a no ball full toss in his career
Get a grip
I doubt Dale Steyn ever bowled a no ball full toss with the match at stake. The old guys did great as a group, the newbies imploded.....again. Dave your obsession with unproven inexperienced players of limited talent is hilarious.
The Graham Pollocks, Barry Richards and AB de Villiers aren’t going to have any problem being selected.
Lunacy of the highest order....but highly entertaining.
Well you are wrong Dale Steyn fucked up on numerous occasions as every player has.
The old guard we presently have are absolutely useless like most old farts in rugby and cricket these days but in particular rugby
Only a fool would find favour in a bunch of 30 plus year olds who don’t have test averages of 40
Trust you to think this lot are what we should be moving forward with
If you had your way both our rugby and cricket sides would be fully booked with 30 plus year olds
It’s the very reason our cricket side keeps failing
That side that lost the series to Pakistan was made up of 7 thirty plus year olds
Trouble is the old guard today was the new guard you were clamoring for a few years ago.....and better today than they were then.
Rubbish the only old boy in that equation that I rated was Miller, the rest I have never called for or rated
Exactly - I’m saying Miller and Rossouw ahead of Bavuma
I’m trying to get on board with Bavuma as he is such a lovely looking bat but aged 30 I see little point now
I liked Elgar at the start but he had ultimately turned out a failure given his record tells us that an average of 40 at test level is below par
Same applies to Faf who I have never waxed lyrical about
I don’t rate Rassie at all. Looks technically flawed and any good test bowling attack would rip him to shreds
So Moz at no point have I been a big fan of these players who are all now a bunch of has or never beens
It’s time to ditch them all including Bavuma and finding 4 new young bats to accompany Markram and de Kock
Markram is no panacea, nice strokes but vulnerable and de Ock is a lucky packet. You seem to think there are youngsters who are going to do better when the chips are down than Elgar (who has been steadier than Markram), Dussen and Bavuma.
Boucher clearly doesn’t.
Maybe the truth lies somewhere in the middle with Hendricks and even Malan worth a shot.
Markram and de Kock are far more talented bats than Elgar, Faf and Rassie
Boucher clearly believes in them as he keeps selecting them
Markram’s test average is heading in the right direction. Pre this season it was 37 thanks two series failures on the sub continent. This season he has come back in style averaging 60 odd in both series and taking his overall test average to 41 odd
So clearly a fighter with a desire to overcome hurdles and move on. We all knew he had that in him from the very first time we saw him
de Kock needs no qualification he is one of the best bats in the game
As per usual you are completely wrong about our players - my guess is that you would invest in old farts like Elgar, Faf and Rassie over Markram and de Kock - it’s your warped way
It has been going on for years - the older any sports-player are the stronger he is supported by Mozart. Nothing to do with performance at all.
David Miller is always under attack by Mozart - now that he did well he is rpaised on for being good - but for his age by the age maniac on site,
Weird - but Mozart does not realize that it is time to build new squads in SA to replace the present failures and that is where the problem is, Since the 2019 WC cricket in SA is in crisis and that means we have to accept that Mozart wats to crisis to continue, To replace the oldies who should have gone already - he support new oldies of the same age category.
As per normal with Mozart reputation and age counts when it comes to selections - proven performance does not.
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So he has been a tourist on this short tour
What a pity we did not get to see what he has to offer
Instead we get to see useless Smuts and v Biljon bore us to death again
Smuts a proven failure at 32 and never been v Biljon about to turn 35 soon
Age of our T20 side:
Hendricks 31 Smuts 32 v Biljon 34 Miller 31 Klaasen 29 Pretorious 31 Shamzi 31
Only youngsters are:
Malan 24 Andile 24 Fortuin 26 Sipamla 22
What’s the fucking point Mr Boucher?