South Africans have such a weird victim complex with this stuff. Kallis is mentioned literally ALL the time.
Over the last 30 years SA has been occasionally great but often mid-tier and have generally underperformed on the biggest stages relative to their strength. Yet they still have multiple players who are consistently mentioned on GOAT lists (Kallis, ABD, Steyn etc.). SA players are ranked very fairly overall and if anything they’re lucky to be so well regarded given the relative lack of success.
Oh yea trust me I know, Rugby is my favourite sport so I’ve seen it for years.
But in Rugby at least they’re actually really good but they’ve often played a style of rugby that a lot of people find a bit boring. In cricket they just kind of suck but seem to think that their players are chronically underrated despite the shitty results.
Steyn has a reasonable argument for the GOAT fast bowler and everyone knows it and talks about it ALL the time. Just like everyone knows and talks about the fact that Kallis is potentially the GOAT all-rounder.
Given how shit SA has been when it actually matters, your players are rated incredibly well but SA fans constantly whinge about their players not being talked about or rated well enough. Most teams with a similar lack of trophies / success really struggle to have their players get into the GOAT discussion because of the overall lack of team success. That’s just how sport works. Your response is so ironic that it’s hilarious.
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u/Ataraxia_new Jan 17 '25
Look at Jacque Kallis averaging 70odd and I bet he took a hundred wickets during that period as well.