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Cricketer Of The Year
Is Graeme Smith really in the right mental state of mind to captain an international cricket team...he's either a smart ass or incredibly stupid.
Of course there was the well documented article in which he complained about the sledge he received from McGrath a season or so back and then in the Bangladesh tour just gone he kept Shaun Pollock back until 5th change bowler in an ODI match which South Africa lost.
Now he comes out & quotes:
"We decided Lance as a team man can only cause hassles and we want to move forward in SA cricket,"
"To be honest Lance, as fantastic as he is, can sometimes ruin a team."
"His ability as a cricketer is very good, but his ability as a team man is not very good and he kind of can infect a team and bring down the youth."
and here's what Klusener had to say:
Klusener expressed surprise at Smith's remarks, saying that the only official comment he had received came from Omar Henry, the chairman of selectors, who had told him the reason for his omission was the need to bring in new blood. "It's becoming a joke," Klusener told South Africa's Star newspaper. "Does anyone really know what's going on out there? For the current captain, who's played a couple of games with me, to come out with the so-called real reason at a cricketing breakfast is almost laughable. What's really disturbing is that, whatever the reason for my being dropped, no one in authority has made any effort to sort it out."
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article from cricinfo.
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Lol, nice one Graeme..
Of course there was the well documented article in which he complained about the sledge he received from McGrath a season or so back and then in the Bangladesh tour just gone he kept Shaun Pollock back until 5th change bowler in an ODI match which South Africa lost.
Now he comes out & quotes:
"We decided Lance as a team man can only cause hassles and we want to move forward in SA cricket,"
"To be honest Lance, as fantastic as he is, can sometimes ruin a team."
"His ability as a cricketer is very good, but his ability as a team man is not very good and he kind of can infect a team and bring down the youth."
and here's what Klusener had to say:
Klusener expressed surprise at Smith's remarks, saying that the only official comment he had received came from Omar Henry, the chairman of selectors, who had told him the reason for his omission was the need to bring in new blood. "It's becoming a joke," Klusener told South Africa's Star newspaper. "Does anyone really know what's going on out there? For the current captain, who's played a couple of games with me, to come out with the so-called real reason at a cricketing breakfast is almost laughable. What's really disturbing is that, whatever the reason for my being dropped, no one in authority has made any effort to sort it out."
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article from cricinfo.
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Lol, nice one Graeme..
