The first black cricketer to play play for South Africa was Omar Henry & not Makhaya Ntini.Henry played for South Africa when they allowed to play international cricket sfter a long exile
Re: First Black Cricketer
by ganesh shyam on Jan 04, 2010 05:35 PM
Here we r talking about pure "Black Man" & the others u hv mentioned are called "coloureds"(mixed parentage) in SA....
he is one of the good boling action ever i have seen.as weel as he is one of the good athle8 of international cricket.i have naver seen agoni on the face of this bowler.its a good time to say by to nationl side.this is timew to asign him as indian bowling coach/.
Omar Henry was the first 'black' or coloured Cricketer to play for South Africa...not Ntini..well, for Rediff its not the first time such mistakes crop up...
Re: Inaccuracy
by Mumbai Indian on Jan 04, 2010 07:39 PM
There is a difference between White, Coloured and Black. British are White, Mukherjee are Coloured and native Africans are Black.
This is not the first time a Bong has made mistake and tried to act smart :-)
Re: performance only matters..
by Lilamber Joshi on Jan 04, 2010 03:17 PM
Right, if he had been an Australian,he wud have been dropped last year itself.
Ntini had a good international career, just falling short of great. However, if anyone compares his record against most of our so-called "wicket takers", its still great. Admittedly, green-tops helped him but he was good on almost any wicket till recently. Adios.
Makhaya Ntini a perfect gentleman. He & Pollock gave stability to SA bowling. Donald was the first one to do so after that this duo perfectly hanlde the castle of SA bowling. Wish him best luck for future life.
Re: Makhaya Ntini
by Anirudh on Jan 04, 2010 12:57 PM
Are you mad? Ntini is the fellow accused in a rape case in an south african city airport and his career almost got over then. Yes, on cricket field, he was sporting. But that doesn't make him a true gentleman.
Re: Re: Makhaya Ntini
by Amrit Patil on Jan 04, 2010 01:07 PM
I am only talking about Cricket I dont know about his personal life. I dont think he was accused in rape case because SA law is very strict & they shown it in Cronje case.
Re: Re: Re: Makhaya Ntini
by Anirudh on Jan 04, 2010 02:28 PM
I tried to post, but posting links are perhaps not allowed here. You can search and you would get many links which tells you about him convicted. Anyway he was a sporting crickter but never a role model.
Makhaya Ntini a perfect gentleman. He & Pollock gave stability to SA bowling. Donald was the first one to do so after that this duo perfectly hanlde the castle of SA bowling. Wish him best luck for future life.
