Who to Support in South Africa?

[Ben_80]

There have always been players who stick around long after their services are no longer required at international level.

I recall a certain mr Clive Eksteen who played for the old Transvaal/Gauteng Strikers. He only played 2 test matches, but continued a succesfull first class career. Same with Adam Bacher, Alan Dawson and Dave Callaghan (a few years ago) to name but a few..... But I guess that is cricket and the way it is.

I saw the other day that Dominic Cork is still playing county cricket. Who else (forgoten sons of English and New Zealand cricket) is still playing at first class level? - I am reffering to players of note. And what is Jeff Wilson doing these days?

[Andy Mellon]

Originally Posted by Ben_80

There have always been players who stick around long after their services are no longer required at international level.

I recall a certain mr Clive Eksteen ...

I saw the other day that Dominic Cork is still playing county cricket. Who else (forgoten sons of English and New Zealand cricket) is still playing at first class level? - I am reffering to players of note. And what is Jeff Wilson doing these days?

I remember Eksteen. He didn't play too long ago did he? [actually, just looked it up and his last test was in 2000!]. Can't remember too much about him though. I think I recall him playing against England a long, long time ago. Decent player.

But anyway, I think there's a whole other thread in this topic, Ben! There are loads of forgotten players still plying their trade in domestic cricket. Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash are the two obvious ones in England.

As for Jeff Wilson, I'm not sure what happened to him after his much vaunted ODI comeback in 2005. I guess he got injured as I can't remember seeing him in NZ State Cricket last year.

EDIT: Here's the lowdown on Jeff: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/c...ry/233335.html

[Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Andy

Here's a question though - do you support your franchise enough that you would prefer all your stars to play in your key franchise games rather than for the Proteas?

I support the franchises, not the national side...