Six useless South Africans in the Test and One Day World XI teams whereas Inzamam couldn’t find a spot in either of the squads. Unbelievable! Boucher was not even selected for South Africa last year, Ntini has absolutely no variation, and Gibbs is no where near quality. He’s not even in the top 15 of the ICC Player ratings (something that the selectors should’ve at least considered as a yard stick for selection). Kallis is probably the only class player, while Pollock has been a good performer for a while. It is worth noting that South Africa lost around 10 consecutive matches last year and were forced to sack their coach. And then you have 6 of their 11 players playing for the World XI. What is more unbelievable is that two of these players will be leading the two squads. I won’t even go into the other absurd selections, even thinking about them makes me sick.
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Was reading the other day on Cricinfo that Inzamam was not happy over having been left out of the World XI and would not play even if he was included now following the withdrawal of Tendulkar. I had hoped that would be the case since I wouldn't want the captain making a trip to the far side of the world for a silly one day game which will not draw much interest since the Aussies are old and washed up now (maybe a World XI versus England?) Today, however, Inzamam says he will be happy to play in the Super Series and I wonder if the ICC has a hand in all this?
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