Monde Zondeki

Bluntly put, I have to say that I have been baffled with the handling of Monde Zondeki during the Kenya and Bangladesh games. I appreciate with the inclusion of the likes of Johan Louw and Rory Kleinveldt (for the T20 game), bowling spaces have been pretty limited, but I don't see how he didn't bowl in both the one day games.

A hell of a lot has been made of how Dale Steyn has obliterated the Bangladeshi lineup... but you can't say you're surprised.

The Bangladeshi's are used to 'quick' bowlers in the 120 - 130km/h mark, not the world's premium test fast bowler and fired up Dutchman (howdy Luke Watson - no offence Dale!) firing the ball in at 150km/h.

I'm not convinced Steyn needed this kind of work out ahead of the test series. At any stage we could roll out Ntini or him and they'd put in a credible performance against these guys.

Zondeki on the other hand needs game time. He needs to be charging in and putting six balls in the same place for 6 to 10 overs a game.

Johan Louw
Louw has been a bit of an up and down inclusion in this series. Had a bit of a flurry with the bat but never really put in a decent spell with the ball.

My gut feeling is that he needs to keep bowling in this side to try and pull him up to the next level. I also think that somebody like Dillon Du Preez might be due some game time even if the one day format of the game is not his ideal situation.

The whole discipline and level of coaching (as well as the exposure) could provide us with a nice bit of back-up to our first choice bowlers....