South African Captain?

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SHAHZEB 007

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Hallo, ek had been wondering, who all of jou Australians/rest of the world think the South African captain should be. Do jou think, it sould be;
Graeme Smith or Shaun Pollock?? WHo do jou think.

P.S i am sorry if my english is wrong im still learning :P
 
Pollock definately. He is more experienced. Smith should play more cricket get more run under his belt and then maybe he can be the captain. Right now Pollock is the best choice.
 
Pollock I'd say. He took over a SA team in a mess after the Cronje fiasco and SA didnt do too bad since then all things considered except for the WC.
 
I have found an Afrikaans to English translater so no longer shall my english be disgraceful. Thankyou for your feedback, I personally think Graeme Smith will grom into a great captain... Pollock was great, he really pulled our Proteas out of the gutter, but then three years on he used the same bolwers at the exact same time everymatch. Other teams picked up on this and new exactly what to expect. South Africa inder Smith has just finished the TVS cup in which it finished equal first with India(final washed out after South Africa clearly on top with India 46/3, 17.1overs). They lost to India heavily at first. The second match they slaughterd India.
So I am fully backing Graeme Smith.
COME ON THE PROTEAS!!!
 
I wouldnt say they r equal to India because they took a thrashing even from a depleted Indian side without Tendulkar, Dravid, Nehra etc. but instead some newcomers such as Mishra for whom it was the first ODI
So the shouldnt be overconfident or anything like that as they have a long way to go.

SAF were my favourites during WC 99 but since then it has been a downhill road for them.
 
I think South Africa made a big mistake dedicating their World Cup to Hansie Cronje. I know you shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but that guy really was an arsehole.
 
But as long as he was there the team was really great so I think SAF did the right thing. It was he who made SAF a very strong side which deserved the 99 cup. True he has done wrong things but he has also worked hard. I would like to remember him as a great cricketer
 
I would like to remember him as a great cricketer too. However I can only remember him as a cheat, a fraud and a man who dragged crickets reputation into the gutter.
 
I think it should have been Kallis. In my mind he's one of the best all-rounders about and he deserves the chance to captain his country.
I have to agree with Andrew about Cronje: if it wasn't for the fact he was dead his reputation wouldn't have recovered to the extent that it has,
Colin
 
Right, an interesting topic, Hansie Croje. A great Captain, the best captain, maybe even better then Kapplir Wessels, although disgraced through cheating. (Australians still love Warne, disgraced thru cheating he was just delt a lesser punishment then Cronje, also through drugs??) This is a real soft spot in South Africa, let me tell you that. I agree with Andrew here in saying Gibbs, Donald & Rhodes should not have dedicated the WC to him. Then Gibbs went so far to say they lacked leadership and have you what halfway thru the tournement. This was then retaliated by Kirsten saying Pollock was the best thing to happen to the Proteas and we should fully back him. This was not a winning formula;a team on speparate notes. They ended up missing the Super 6's. More so because of rain, then a miss calculation. The nuber of runs required changes every ball, Boucher did not know the game was to stop after that ball and not be resumed. South African Selectors have made a stand by intruducing almost an entire new starting 11 with a new captain. So far they have done ok, i dont think they are even with the Indian's at all, i hope this new squad will be shortly! I am keeping my fingers crossed that with time they will once again become the best or hopefully close to the Austrailans!!
 
The problem with SAF is that before they never trained their reserves & new comers to play. So currently they r having a tough time. Like India they should have also let newcomers & reserves play more cricket. That was a very good move by india to allow new comers to play some international cricket.
 

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