SA's AA selections gone mad

Tahir not transformation black

by Christo Buchner | 29 September 2008 (23:43)

Imran Tahir © Gallo Images
Imran Tahir, the Pakistani bowler now available as a local player, is being classified as a "white player" for the Titans, as he may also be for South Africa later.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has made it clear to the Titans that Tahir is not regarded as a "player of colour."

Titans CEO Elise Lombard says the explanation is that Tahir is a foreigner and did not come through the development channels in South African cricket.

He was, therefore, not part of the transformation process. For this reason the Titans still have to field four black players, even if Tahir is selected.

CSA said the same principle would apply if Tahir were to be picked for South Africa.

On Monday, the day he returned from England, Tahir was included in the Titans' 13-man squad for the first SuperSport match against the Dolphins starting at Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday.

Last season's captain, Martin van Jaarsveld, arrives in the country on Tuesday. Van Jaarsveld is a strong candidate for being named player of the English season.

The former Lions opening bowler, Blake Snijman, will be making his debut for the Titans. Another newcomer is fast bowler Basheer Walters.

Tahir and lefthand spinner Paul Harris are both in the squad and are both likely to play.

“We are taking 13 players to Durban to provide for all possibilities,” said the captain, Pierre Joubert. “We don't know what to expect and that is why we are making provision for any eventuality.”

Allrounder Albie Morkel was not considered, due to his shoulder injury.

The seamer Brendon Reddy will also be out of action for a considerable length of time after he was recently involved in a motor car accident.

taipan wrote:
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has made it clear to the Titans that Tahir is not regarded as a "player of colour."

Titans CEO Elise Lombard says the explanation is that Tahir is a foreigner and did not come through the development channels in South African cricket.

Confirms what I've always suspected - that the real reason for the quota system is to make CSA's development programme look more successful than it really is. What else do you expect in a city that approves street name changes that will cost nearly a billion bucks, but doesn't have the funds to keep the pavements clean?

Brfendon Reddy is a waste of time as well, btw.

He was "placed" in my son's school a few years back. Didn't last a term. Don't think he got above 5% in any test.

Ha, that's funny.

So let's get this straight, if by some sheer fluke, 10 worthy Tahir type players who were black or coloured found themselves in SA and were good enough to be picked, they would still have to select someone like Prince and/or Ntini to make their quotas?

mynah wrote:Confirms what I've always suspected - that the real reason for the quota system is to make India's failed social development programme look more successful than it really is. What else do you expect in a country that approves street name changes that will cost nearly a billion bucks, but doesn't have the funds to keep the pavements clean?

Fixed!

And I thought only India had such pathetic Z grade politcians enjoying in inverse proportion Grade Z security.....

taipan wrote:Brfendon Reddy is a waste of time as well, btw.

He was "placed" in my son's school a few years back. Didn't last a term. Don't think he got above 5% in any test.

Did Smith pass many exams?

Saffies whinging about quotas again. What's new?

PearlJ wrote:Saffies whinging about quotas again. What's new?

Um, who was whinging?

taipan wrote:

PearlJ wrote:Saffies whinging about quotas again. What's new?

Um, who was whinging?

taipan wrote:

PearlJ wrote:Saffies whinging about quotas again. What's new?

Um, who was whinging?

Or even whingeing?

PearlJ wrote:

taipan wrote:

PearlJ wrote:Saffies whinging about quotas again. What's new?

Um, who was whinging?

Well if you think posting a factual article is whinging, all the Aussie sooking must have addled what remains of your brain.

Red wrote:

taipan wrote:

PearlJ wrote:Saffies whinging about quotas again. What's new?

Um, who was whinging?

Or even whingeing?

If you are going to be pedant, at least try to do it well.

Well, if you think about it, how many 'black' players at provincial level even knows or went through apartheid?

Naeem wrote:Well, if you think about it, how many 'black' players at provincial level even knows or went through apartheid?

So it seems there's always destined to be colour-based selections in SA cricket, just different governments enforcing it. Surely it's racist to say, we are considering Tahir as white!!! The fact that your selectors analyse skin colour before making selections seems racist to me.

Batman wrote:

mynah wrote:Confirms what I've always suspected - that the real reason for the quota system is to make India's failed social development programme look more successful than it really is. What else do you expect in a country that approves street name changes that will cost nearly a billion bucks, but doesn't have the funds to keep the pavements clean?

Fixed!

And I thought only India had such pathetic Z grade politcians enjoying in inverse proportion Grade Z security.....

So ours are not even original?