I have to say that I feel total sympathetic towards the South African team in World Cup Cricket. They always put up a very strong team but could not win the tournament until now. They have great bowlers and batsmen. They are undoubtedly the best fielding team and they have two great all-rounders. Still, something goes wrong with them. I wish with all my heart that
South African selectors have announced the team and the players are:
Graeme Smith (captain), Jacques Kallis, Loots Bosman, Mark Boucher (wicketkeeper), AB de Villiers, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Justin Kemp, Charl Langeveldt, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Robin Peterson, Shaun Pollock, Ashwell Prince, Roger Telemachus.
About the South African team, CNN wrote:
South Africa have named seven players of color in their World Cup squad, retaining the same 15 who were on duty in the recent one-day series against Pakistan.
Cricket
South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola made a promise to the government two years ago that there would be a minimum of seven players of color in the squad for the 2007 World Cup in theCaribbean , which starts next month.The selectors delivered the promise by naming batsmen Loots Bosman, Herschelle Gibbs and Ashwell Prince, spinner Robin Peterson and pacemen Charl Langeveldt, Makhaya Ntini and Roger Telemachus.
Of course, I would like to Jacques Kallis and Shaun Pollock to shine in this World Cup. These two players are among the best all-rounders in world cricket today. They are extremely talented. I wish that they could make all the difference for
i am sajid from pakistan to say about the situation of pakistani cricket team.
the weak conditions now going on for pakistani team..
because of shoaib akhtar & mohammad asif's non existing in world cup....
so i wanna say that one team who have the major bowling in this world cup who can win easily this tournament...
good luck for pakistan from my side about world cup bye bye
Posted by: sajid syed | March 5, 2007 10:38 AM | Permalink to Comment