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Siddarth Ravindran Bangalore
September 24 2011Mark Boucher is a dead man in the game makes a return to South Africa one-day side. Earlier this week, towards the end of an interaction with the media in which they dealt with issues quietly on topics ranging from the migration of South African cricket talent of his decision to move to Cape Cobras Station A then asked what he thought he could continue the tradition of holding high-quality office in South Africa.
It took a few seconds to formulate his answer, and it was not until he made it clear that he considered himself the man who would don the gloves for South Africa, he mentioned some of the other candidates.
"A lot of names were thrown around," he said. "But you know, in fact up to the boys to put their hands and say:" Ok, well, this is my position. "It 'hard enough, I can not answer this question, because I still think I'm pretty good there, and I still do not want to be there, I am passionate enough to want to play for my country. So I do not want to look too far behind me, I prefer to look ahead. Yes, a couple were mentioned - Dary Smit, Heino Kuhn, Thami Tsolekile - but in the end if you want to play for your country, you must be a lot better than the rest. "
Boucher, 34, has not been a part of the limited selection of South Africa off the Caribbean tour in May last year. He had not gone half a century since October 2008, and only 60 runs in his last five rounds led to the destruction. Its value is mainly observed in the suit to be like a demolition finished lower middle order, a slot that gives little chance of a drummer struggling to regain its shape.
A year ago, after South Africa coach Corrie van Zyl said Boucher improve their game, so that limited-overs back, the improvement which Boucher feels like he did. "I worked very hard game and my fitness level, in this last season," said Boucher. "My back started playing up at the end of last season and needed a little 'work, and I did. This is a great season to come to South Africa, I hope to be part of this, and can to get a pair of victories in South Africa. "
South Africa have experimented with Kuhn in Twenty20 and AB de Villiers became a wicketkeeper batsman for one-dayers. In the last six months, the chances of a return Boucher became brighter - De Villiers is now the major responsibility of the captain of a day, a regulatory system in the new location, and South Africa suffered another failure of the Cup perceived world is due to a weak middle order lower. A strong presence of the warriors in the Champions League could be the last step in the realization of his burning ambition of a one-day national return.
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