There are too many people with Daryll Cullinan attitudes running cricket
THE problem with cricket is that there are too many people with Daryll Cullinan attitudes who run the sport.According to the former Proteas batsman, all black people are interested in is soccer. There aren’t more black Proteas team, he says, because, as sons of domestic workers, they couldn’t possibly afford to attend a cricket academy to refine their skills.When asked by Espncricinfo.com’s Gaurav Kalra what he thought of the current state of South African cricket, Cullinan replied: "My issue around that is, it’s inherently not a black man’s game in the country. Soccer has been and is the most popular sport amongst our black youth.READ T HIS: Captain’s knock lifts Proteas as quicks rattle Black Caps"In government schools there are three times more soccer fields than cricket fields. Why? Because there’s a demand for it."So I question where they are going ultimately with that because it’s got to be something that’s part of you, what you’ve grown up with."Cullinan, Tank Lanning and Do...
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