Literally was coming around the wicket and moving the ball both ways. I remember Boeta Dippenaar comparing him to Wasim Akram after Knights v Warriors game
I might be misremembering, but I think he picked up an injury not all that long after he made his international debut which resulted in him remodelling his action and he was never quite the same afterwards. That possibly contributed to him being in and out of the team.
I have fond memories of him basically being our best ODI bowler for a stretch. I couldn’t think of three other left armers so he got lumped in.
The hype was real with him. I still have the SA cricket mag after he captained the U-19 team. I still think he could have been useful in Tests because his bowling could be leaky but he had genuine wicket taking ability and his batting was never about slogging from the outset.
It was odd his success.
Funny how a team that's been smashing it around for 100 balls for the last month has no idea how to pace a 50 over innings.
I'll raise you Beuran Hendricks , Brett Schultz would have been elite in odi cricket if he wasn't made of glass lol
He could swing it. I think his success was built around him being a left armer who tucked up batters, decent accuracy, surprising bounce and a really good off cutter. He was actually a perfect foil to the fast bowlers we had and Kallis/Albie.
Yeah who'd have thought it. The lack of 50 over cricket played by the top domestic players should be a real concern for the England management. Once the established boys retire how do you pick a batting line-up when you have no idea if any of them are good 50 over players because none of them will have played more than a handful of games?
I knew I was forgetting someone! I rated Hendricks. Also had his injury issues.
Bowm chicawaowao
There was Yusuf Abdulla who played two T20s for us back in 2009. I don't really remember anything about him, so I've no idea why he didn't play more (injuries?) as his career stats look pretty good.
The heater!
You have an Afrikaaner lad that plays in England whose keen on playing for the Poms , he's got a brilliant 50 over record you should have a look at him ..Leus Du Plooy
Absolute embarrassment this innings, only Duckett and Root got good ones, the rest have been dire. Who'd have thought picking an opener to bat 7 could go wrong?