It’s important to set goals and have something to look forward to each day in the bio-bubble and today it was the announcement of T20 World Cup squads, not just South Africa’s but several more around the world. New Zealand beat the ICC deadline by two weeks with their squad release (forced by extreme travel complications) and Pakistan, too, beat the finishing gun by three days.
"Selection convener Victor Mpitsang indicated Linde was unlucky not to be picked in the main XV but South Africa could not load it with any more allrounders. "When it comes to George, he is one of the allrounders. He has done well with the ball but we have gone with the seam-bowling allrounders,"
Hmm Victor, if someone is a better bowler, AND they can bat better, that's a good thing!
There's no rules about how many allrounders you can have in the team.
Unfortunately, in SA's case, there are rules about how many white players you can have in your team :-(
Afghanistan will be kicked out of the ICC because of not having women's team. That's one of the mandatory conditions. Can't discriminate against women! That's diabolical! Ok, fair enough.
There's another mandatory condition for ICC membership about not discriminating on the basis of race. That condition should ensure that George Linde gets a fair go plays in a World Cup. But of course, he's totally screwed, because it is OK to discriminate against a white male.
The unfortunate situation is that the public is not told the basis on which the squad is selected, which leads to speculation such as yours. And plenty more besides.
I get angry and sad when I read stuff like this;
"Selection convener Victor Mpitsang indicated Linde was unlucky not to be picked in the main XV but South Africa could not load it with any more allrounders. "When it comes to George, he is one of the allrounders. He has done well with the ball but we have gone with the seam-bowling allrounders,"
Hmm Victor, if someone is a better bowler, AND they can bat better, that's a good thing!
There's no rules about how many allrounders you can have in the team.
Unfortunately, in SA's case, there are rules about how many white players you can have in your team :-(
Afghanistan will be kicked out of the ICC because of not having women's team. That's one of the mandatory conditions. Can't discriminate against women! That's diabolical! Ok, fair enough.
There's another mandatory condition for ICC membership about not discriminating on the basis of race. That condition should ensure that George Linde gets a fair go plays in a World Cup. But of course, he's totally screwed, because it is OK to discriminate against a white male.
The unfortunate situation is that the public is not told the basis on which the squad is selected, which leads to speculation such as yours. And plenty more besides.