bennymacca wrote:That makes no sense on green tops though where you might want one spinner and have an extra pace bowler. Even if zampa was a better spinner you would still pick Botha in that case. So I do think he was keeping zampa out of he side a lot
I never understood the 'Shane Warne kept Stuart MacGill out of the Test side' stuff. If Zampa was deemed good enough he would be in there.
bennymacca wrote:That makes no sense on green tops though where you might want one spinner and have an extra pace bowler. Even if zampa was a better spinner you would still pick Botha in that case. So I do think he was keeping zampa out of he side a lot
I never understood the 'Shane Warne kept Stuart MacGill out of the Test side' stuff. If Zampa was deemed good enough he would be in there.
Yes you need to be good enough but you also need to be better than someone else who can play that role in the side. Players at this level are picked to play a specific role and it's about the team balance needed for the opposition and the conditions. That's why Warney and MacGill played in the same team sometimes but not often.
The point I was making that Warne never kept MacGill out of the side because he was deemed not good enough to be picked over Warne or not good enough to be picked in the same side regularly. The SACA selectors obviously thought the same way in regards to Zampa vs Botha. If they're deemed good enough they will be picked.
"The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment" – Warren Bennis
Gozu wrote:The point I was making that Warne never kept MacGill out of the side because he was deemed not good enough to be picked over Warne or not good enough to be picked in the same side regularly. The SACA selectors obviously thought the same way in regards to Zampa vs Botha. If they're deemed good enough they will be picked.
That makes no sense at all. Do you pick two wicket keepers if they are both good enough? Or 5 opening batsmen? Of course you don't.
Gozu wrote:The point I was making that Warne never kept MacGill out of the side because he was deemed not good enough to be picked over Warne or not good enough to be picked in the same side regularly. The SACA selectors obviously thought the same way in regards to Zampa vs Botha. If they're deemed good enough they will be picked.
That makes no sense at all. Do you pick two wicket keepers if they are both good enough? Or 5 opening batsmen? Of course you don't.
Who says you only have to pick one spinner? This is yet another example of the stodginess of cricket people not being able to think outside the square.
"The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment" – Warren Bennis
I don't think Botha is keeping Zampa out of the side unfairly, he is preventing Zampa from being gifted a game because we have no one else. Head to head, Botha is a much better spin bowler than Zampa is.
RustyCage wrote:I don't think Botha is keeping Zampa out of the side unfairly, he is preventing Zampa from being gifted a game because we have no one else. Head to head, Botha is a much better spin bowler than Zampa is.
Exactly
"The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment" – Warren Bennis
