Note to all armchair World Cup selectors: clam up and wait for Thursday
Amla and Phehlukwayo must be in the squad, as must Nortjé — fitness allowing
London —To Hash or not to Hash? Who is the first-choice allrounder? How about the back-up fast bowler? Since you ask‚ the obvious answers are‚ in order: hell yes‚ Andile Phehlukwayo and Anrich Nortjé‚ fitness permitting. This reporter’s opinion is final and he will entertain absolutely no correspondence on the issue. Besides‚ all will be revealed at 1pm on Thursday when SA announce their World Cup squad. But that means there is still time for the legion of cricket tragics out there to bore the rest of us to golf with their tedious arguments in favour of or against the picking of particular players. And they are all tedious. Here is some harsh but fair news for those sad people: what you think does not matter. All of you clam up and push off and come back on May 30‚ when England and SA play the opening match of the tournament at the Oval. Then we can talk about the facts of the matter but‚ like it says above‚ nobody cares what you think. Capiche?
In that vein‚ all sorts of cont...
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