Nicky Boje

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Only decent S.A. spinner we had , now lost to international cricket :mad:

Hoping that Johan Botha will come through and be a Test / ODI player of format.

S.A. needs another Hugh Tayfield !
 
RompelStompel said:
Only decent S.A. spinner we had , now lost to international cricket :mad:

Hoping that Johan Botha will come through and be a Test / ODI player of format.

S.A. needs another Hugh Tayfield !
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No. We've had better spinners, Nicky was just the only one at the right time. To be perfectly honest, it will take many years to see a spinner of the caliber of Shane Warne or Anil Kumble to make it through the ranks in SA. The reason for this, IMHO, is simple: South African school kids don't consider spinning as an essential art in cricket. Additionally, at school level there are few if any coaches capable of identifying a potentially awesome spinner, and helping to develop those spinners into world class fixtures of the Proteas.

Paul Adams had huge potential - until Bob Woolmer got hold of him. They tried to give him more ammunition than perfecting his once potent Wrong 'Un, and indirectly it destroyed what Paul Adams was - a complete and utter surprise in every sense to any batsman.
 
Although i dislike adams his bowling figures are better than bojeez. And as for symcox (i still believe he was invloved in matchfixing), well i also dislike this wannabe cricket commentator.
 
to be honest I really don't see why Boje even had to announce he was retiring.

And to call him a decent spinner with a test average of over 40 beggars belief.
 
Well, I would walk to if I am continually being called into the team as supposedly the best spinner ... yet at the same time not having a contract like the other team members.

Go where the money is and where future is certain, at least for a set period. A man must eat after all.
 
I think the problem with SA cricket is they don't focus on spinners, so when we go play on a pitch that requires spin we running around in circles! Boje was a great spinner, but he just wasn't given the opportunities. We better watch out or we going to loose all our spin bowlers.
 
We also need to prepare our pitches differently. In Aus you will find pitches that vary, they get to play at home on pitches that suit their opponents; beating them there is the first step to beating them on their home soil. If we cannot beat the rest of the world on our grounds that are prepared for us, we are in the wrong league.
 
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