Justine Larbalestier

About those South African cricket quotas

Tony Greig just said on Channel Nine that “South Africa’s cricket team has had a quota since Nelson Mandela was elected.”

Um, no, Mr Greig. South African cricket has always had a quota system. It’s just that prior to the end of apartheid that quota was 100% white.

Posted by Justine at 0:06, 6 January 2009 under Cricket, Sport, State of the World | 1 Comment »

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Mike Says:

Correct, Justine. My understanding is that the saffers don’t have a quota system now.
It was also suggested that SA’s next captain could be Hashim Alma. Cop that, Greigy!
Mind you, Australian cricket is not exactly a Benetton commercial, is it?

January 6th, 2009 at 5:45 PM

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