Are the Proteas good enough.

superskully

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This is the statement Smith gave. The proteas are not good enough.
But is that true when you dont even try to win.
If thats true, why do we always play the same team over and over. Try the same combinations over and over.
Even though i am not a fan of Bosman, why is Amla and him given one chance while the rest are given more.
In ODI's Amla's average is better than that of Gibbs and Smith, but he is never included (except for when Smith breaks his jelly fingers).

Does the trio of Smith, Kallis and Gibbs bullie the management and rest of the team.
Is this the reason why Albie never give a damn yesterday, cos he was just sick of them.
To our bowling attack, who are the most promising in the world, why do we keep failing except in tests.
We keep firing hot and cold with no stability - a contrast to our batting. This is where we need Pollock or someone like Morkel to take his place.
And to Smith's bowling changes - my word is he awful. Does he really stick to what is planned in the dressing room.
Yes Cronje had his faults, but he always played to win. Would he change to spin (in particular one spinner who has been getting the wrong end of the stick) when the seamers were on top.

Lastly, why play Smith, Gibbs and Kallis together in T20. Do they know its 20 overs and 60 runs on 10 overs puts pressure on the rest of team to always get say 100 in 10.

To my question above, yes the Porteas are good enough, but the current team is not.
 
Dude we are good enough if we try, when you have a team who can barely score more than 1 run a ball in t20 you are in trouble, when you have no match winner you are in trouble. When you are putting in guys who are over hill and been out of form for a couple years you are in trouble.

smith out of form
kallis can barely go at more than a run a ball
duminy out of form and has been for a long time
gibbs well not much more needs to be said

Selecting spin against good spin playing nations another problem
Not selecting spinners against poor spin playing nations another problem

Smith is also a poor captain at times.

Our batting mindset is wrong, slow upfront and then smash at the end is not working, do it the other way around.
 
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