Think he has played in Ireland before too. Probably just didn;t kick on. High 120s away swingers.
Another pathetic run chase from an SA team.
Saw that. What sort of pitches they playing on? I`m guessing slow from the score cards. Nice to see more all-rounders coming through. How is Coetzee 4th choice bowler?
In the winter even if in Dubran it probably is slow. You see it when the SA A side play games at home this time of year too.
Got to see him still. But I've heard serious ability by many people in the know in SA Junior cricket.
If he could establish himself as a top 6 batsman and bowl solid spin he could be a tremendous asset, potentially even allowing us to run a four-prong pace attack in SA.
Disagree with this, we have other spinner potentials, few batting all-rounder options. Top quality batting all-rounders are rare, so if he can become that along with Mulder it would be a boon to the future SA team.
What other spinner potentials do we really have for Test cricket in particular?
Bjorn Fortuin in particular.... but it not like Maharaj is old or anything? All I`m saying is the likelihood of us getting a batting all-rounder is rare compared to a quality spinner. I think it is better to nurture a potential batting all-rounder than a potential spinner.
Maharaj may not be old, but Parsons is 11 years younger than him. So it's hardly like their careers will overlap much.
Guys like Kallis and MacMillan are rare... I`m talking about guys who can avg 40+ and bowl. Not many do that, just avg 40+ can be difficult enough in Test cricket. We consistently have spin bowlers coming through now. Little or no batting all-rounder come through, this is not just true of SA it is world wide.
I just don't think it's that important to have anyone in Test cricket who does that. It's a luxury, whereas a good spinner is a necessity.
Everything that made us successful is falling apart for me. Coaching at school level - are the right people getting the jobs or do we just not have enough of them full stop. So our SA U19 side isn't as successful since Jennings. Is that down to the talent or the coaching at junior level up ?
I think there is a coaching and administrative problem at lower levels. I think the talent is there. I have said before, I think we do not have enough quality coaches. Practically, if you are picking some players for development purposes who have talent but have not been coached properly because they do not come from one of the dozen schools that generally provide the talent pool then they going to be behind the curve. From everything I've read and heard it is easier to get the bowling right compared to batting when they are 18+. And that is clearly seen in the distribution of players of colour, where the black batsmen struggle but the black bowlers are still able to be developed. So this is a failure of CSA not recognising these potential problems and dealing with them earlier, whether they can correct or are correcting we will have to see. SA will still be a force we have the talent, I think there is enough skill at coaching and development near the top level to help counteract these problems but it is something to be sorted.
