Deh Say DeVilliers! If I cared I Wud Say Amla

Is Thami a good replacement for Mark Boucher  ? 

The Loss of Boucher , Kallis and now Smith .....is like , the backbone of your XI  !!

I not even arguing dat no more.  let him keep.

but no captaincy.  AMLA in he Dutch wi'ah.  rignt now!  today!

Truss me ...they would prefer the Frenchman ....du Plesis  :-[

I doh know man.  it may not go in dat direction at all.  deh takin deh time. 

if the whites still had the say it wud take no time. deh wud have wrapped it up already with  DeVilliers..or one of de Koch or Du Plessis.  but someone insisting that there is no hurry :

why ::confused::

Lorgat and Moosajee .... :-[

I don't know, re: Amla's captaincy skills. IIRC he did captain in ODIs or sth and I wasn't impressed tbh. Memory is not good, sorry.

And I'd agree re: overburdening him. Why not just let de Kock keep and let him take on captaincy? I'm fairly confident at this point that de Kock would be natural replacement for Smith, as an opener tbh.

With respect Kylester you have not answered the question especially if memory fails you.

As it happens I am a big AB fan and would love to have a drink with him and I always saw him as the natural successor.

However Amla has had an outstanding reputation through youth Cricket.

If Amla is interested I would let him do it and let AB keep so it frees up a spot which is exactly what the selectors have tried to achieve so why change that model?

Which part of your questions haven't I answered?
I have no idea about Amla's skills beyond whatever little I've seen in ODIs. I think it was Oz if memory serves me right. Now if he has some great skills I haven't seen, then fair enough.

And I don't see the compromise. de Kock is the top runner for that opening spot Smith has left vacant. Whether or not AB becomes captain, he'd be the natural successor, unless he fails badly.

I hope this clarifies my position.

"Previously, he Captained SA to the final of the U19 WC in 2002 losing to Australia

in 2004, at 21, he was made KwaZulu Natal's Captain so the chap has a track record and pedigree widely touted to be

a future SA Captain."


sometimes we forget ..