Neil Manthorp is no doubt a knowledgeable and respected cricket writer, albeit with one significant perplexity. It appears that when he elected to enter the field of sports journalism he did himself a disservice by not rather following a career in law. Since I can remember, he has acted as senior counsel for the defence in his columns and contributions, especially regarding the poor conduct and performances of our national cricket team. He underlined this with his latest column, in which he explained the hapless performance against Sri Lanka of our recently high-riding and exalted Proteas (Cricket is also about players’ aspirations, believe it or not, July 24). He asserts that we would be misguided in expecting players to perform for their country, in light of the more important matter of creating a financial security blanket for themselves and their families. The latter should be denied no one, but if it leads to the erosion of national pride and application, such as we have seen i...
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