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Originally Posted by rvd619323
I went in thinking that: a) Botha has performed to a decent degree as a spinner in a domestic comp that doesn't favour spinners all that much, b) he can bat, c) he can basically fill any gap I have at some point and d) he allows me a little bit more flexibility if bowlers don't turn up (which I'm guessing could be an issue, given the make-up of my attack), by batting at 7 with 4 bowlers following.
To me he's just one of those guys who is a bit underrated by CW - and I stress 'a bit', as he's not that good, but he's a guy I feel I want to have, and can use in a variety of places. At worst, if he doesn't come off, I end up with decent bench strength.
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You may be interested to learn that in Season 1 of CPL (CricSim's version of this with the same database, although it was a while ago now), Botha was quite successful as an opening batsman. Averaged nearly 40 in that role, I believe.