D/L wrote:Whatever he thought at the time, I bet Pietersen thinks he didn’t make a bad choice, GIP. Would he be making as much money (endorsements etc. included) as a South African international as he does now playing for England? I very much doubt it. Let's not forget, he wouldn't have boosted his reputation (and his IPL value) with quite as many games against the Windies and New Zealand if he'd been playing for South Africa.
D/L wrote:I reckon that at the time Pietersen left South Africa, well before his talent was widely recognised, he may well have feared that his prospects would be hampered by how he saw the selection policy at the time, GIP.
GordoninPortsmouth wrote:...it just makes KP seem like "a privelaged white boy" who'd have quite liked the bad old days of South Africa to have stuck around so that he could reap the just rewards for being just that.
mikesiva wrote:
Now, how can cricket reach out to the black majority, if it's still being promoted as a sport for South African whites? Black kids will shun the sport, because they still see it as an apartheid sport....
mikesiva wrote:I sometimes wonder if the effects of the quota system hasn't had a divisive effect on the Saffer team, that has prevented it from achieving all it can....
For esample, Kallis let out a stream of hostile invective against Duminy in the CL match between Bangalore and Cape Cobras that went beyond competitive rivalry, despite what Boucher says. It's not the first time that Kallis and Boucher have sledged Duminy. It also happened in the IPL, and it smacks of something niggling there....
Could it be that veterans like Kallis and Boucher represent the old order? And Duminy is a newbie who came into the side on the back of the quota?
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