What South Africa's first match against Zimbabwe in this year's Cricket World Cup made abundantly clear, is that Zimbabwe's national cricket team is much more representative of their country's demography. Not one ethnically black (or 'African black') player was in South Africa's starting eleven; our country's demography (roughly: 80% ethnically black, 9% Coloured, 9% white and 2% Asian/other) is nearly the exact opposite of our national team demography (in the last Test match: 9% black, 18% Coloured, 64% white and 9% Asian/other). That is disappointing after two decades of democracy.
This is how to transform cricket in South Africa
This is how to transform cricket in South…
This is how to transform cricket in South Africa
What South Africa's first match against Zimbabwe in this year's Cricket World Cup made abundantly clear, is that Zimbabwe's national cricket team is much more representative of their country's demography. Not one ethnically black (or 'African black') player was in South Africa's starting eleven; our country's demography (roughly: 80% ethnically black, 9% Coloured, 9% white and 2% Asian/other) is nearly the exact opposite of our national team demography (in the last Test match: 9% black, 18% Coloured, 64% white and 9% Asian/other). That is disappointing after two decades of democracy.