SA looking forward to 2007

[Langeveldt]

Well hopefully it will be fourth time lucky for South Africa in 2007...Here is a squad that i would like to see represent them in the West Indies...

I know its a long way off, but there has already been an indian discussion...


BATSMEN

1.Graeme Smith (cpt)
2.Herschelle Gibbs
3.Boeta Dippenaar
4.Vaughan Van Jaarsveld
5.Jacques Rudolph
6.Ahmed Amla
7.Divan Van Wyk

ALL ROUNDERS

8.Jacques Kallis
9.Shaun Pollock
10.Justin Ontong

WICKET KEEPER

11.Thami Tsokelile

BOWLERS

12.Quinton Friend
13.Mfuneko Ngam
14.Makhaya Ntini
15.Mornantau Hayward (Back from Worcestershire )

 

[PY]

Won't Boucher still be around then or are you trying to say something about him or Thami Tsokelile? Haven't heard of many of them....but don't know much bout SA youth

 

[Langeveldt]

Tsokelile is SA reserve keeper at the moment...

Boucher might make it, who knows, Tsokelile is an alternative

 

[Langeveldt]

Vaughan Van Jaarsveld is on the Gauteng staff, he is only 17 i think at the moment...Having seen him bat, he struck me as being one to watch

 

[Neil Pickup]

Who's Divan van Wyk?

Won't Nantie Hayward be incredibly old by 2007?

Isn't it Tsolekile rather than Tsokelile?

 

[Langeveldt]

Divan Van Wyk is more of a longshot, he plays for South Africa under 19 at the moment... Having seen him bat a couple of times he looks very classy..
Got no idea where his career is headed, but 2007 is in a long time. He will be 22-23 then, a good age to step up to the big time IMO ..


Mornantau Hayward will be 30 in 2007... Not desperatly old i dont think


And my typo on Tsolekile, at least he isnt Pramodya Wickremasinghe

 

[Neil Pickup]

My bad on Hayward, taking the "end of SA career" stuff on Ceefax in January the wrong way

 

[marc71178]

If Hayward plays for SA again, I'll be very surprised - his bridges are well and truly incinerated.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

Who;s Ahmed Amla and whats he like?

 

[V Reddy]

Who;s Ahmed Amla and whats he like?

I heard that he was an Indian Immigrant and that he was very talented. But heard that Hashim Amla, his brother, was a more talented batsman:rolleyes: . Don't know anything more

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I think Andy Hall is a pretty decent player. Certainly better than Ontong.

 

[Langeveldt]

Judging by the pitches being served up at the moment in the West Indies, i think halls medium pace would be really innocuous...

Havent seen Hashim bat so cant comment

 

[V Reddy]

Well now Hashim has made it before Ahmed

 

[krishneelz]

so hasim migrated before ahmed

 

[tresco's army]

How about J P Duminy, he is only just 20 and has already made ODI appearances. He has started his first class career very well and scored a 100 in difficult circumstances at the beginning of this season before getting injured. Already has a proven record in domestic one day and first class cricket. He is meant to be extremely talented and will be in the team soon.

 

[Richard]

This is an interesting one too. The usual mixture of "WTF?"s and the odd "hmm, decent call"s.