white is the new black

Andre Nel is angry.

Ok, Andre is usually angry, but this time its founded.

He has been dropped from the South African tour of Indian because he is white.

We have all heard about the quota system they have there, a certain amount of players are picked due to being coloured.

Now South Africa wants 6 players picked of colour in each squad meaning Andre Nel has been left out for Charl Langeveldt.

Being left out of a tour because the selectors have opted for a 34 year old boring cheese puff bowling mother fu©ker is never a good thing.

But when its cause you were born white and he was born black, its gotta hurt a little more.

Right at the moment Andre Nel is South Africa’s second best bowler.

Period.

His record this last year is only bettered by Dale Steyn.

Makaya Ntini has been sliding down hill for a while now, Shaun has left the paddock and Morne Morkel’s only redeeming factor is his cool name.

Charl is a non entity.

Don’t believe me, check out the dudes website charllangeveldt.com/ no where near as good as Monty’s, KP’s or Gilly’s.

It isn’t just South Africa who miss out, the Indian fans miss seeing one of the true entertainers of the game.

Andre is pure mental patient, and thusly, a pleasure to watch.

Plus he is one of the true fighters in world cricket, he is obviously not as talented as some, but who tries harder than him.

Even upon learning of his omission he duly went out and won the man of the match award in what was a beautiful double cheeked salute to the South African cricket board.

Now the rumour mill is whispering he might retire, which would be pretty funny, because if he retires, we all know he will end up playing in India for suitcases full of rupees.

To me this is not a race driven issue, it is South Africa, replacing a cricketer with personality, with another player bereft of it.

The quota system is a racist system that tries to apologise for previous racism.

It might have its heart in the right place, but all we can see is @ss.www.cricketwithballs.com "Sign our David Hussey petition"