I understand and agree.Well that was my point regarding the India/NZ selection dichotomy. Noone is treated equally.
I think this is where the idealogical differences lie so we should probably just leave it at that.
Wagner's words, not mine.Ummm how does this stop players from being selected on merit?
Wagner was rubbish, he wouldn't have played for South Africa.Well they lost Wagner due to the quota system. CSA asked him several times to come back iirc (Howsie might have supplied this info?) but he turned them down because he wanted to pay for a country where he was selected on merit.
When the likes of Ntini can play 100 tests I don't think you need a quota system. I can't see state sides excluding a player with a high ceiling due to being black these days, though I might be very mistaken, but the quality appears to be coming through. The lack of black players might be down to popularity more than anything - iirc there were stats a while back showing football and the like were huge amongst the black population?
I was trying to say that Wagner would never have made the team anyway, same as Kruger van Wyk. They moved because they probably had a better chance of playing international cricket if they moved to NZ.I'm sorry, I forgot we were discussing Wagner's merits for South African selection at present and not his stated reasons behind moving away.
you think Khawaja has a technique made for test match cricket dont youLet's face it, quotas are there whether they are publicly announced or not. I don't agree with them, but nevertheless.
Look at the Aussie "Asian hunt" at the moment. Sandhu, Khawaja and boat boy wouldn't have had such an easy route through if they were Aussies. I say this despite liking Khawaja.
And despite being a mate of mine; would Ish Sodhi really have been selected in the squad for Bangladesh if he wasn't Indian? It looks good on the board's part to be multicultural. He's a social experiment.
No. I just have a soft spot for the bugger. Don't know why.you think Khawaja has a technique made for test match cricket dont you