Did he do it for the spondoolies?
Allan Donald has pulled his application from the England bowling coach role after talks with Cricket South Africa. There are some possible explanations to his actions.
1. He wanted a full time position with SA all along but they wouldn’t front the cash.
2. He was coaxed into applying without thinking it through
3. Cricket SA found a clause in his existing contract that was breached when he made his application for the England job
4. He found twangs of Nationalistic loyalty after getting a heads up that he was not the front runner
5. Phil Defreitas put the frighteners on him
Okay, I know that some of these are really unlikely (like 2.) but something changed his mind……thoughts?
Posted: January 28th, 2006 under Cricket.
Comments: 3
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Comment from Pratyush
Time: January 29, 2006, 12:47 am
I would be very surprised if it wasn’t three.
Comment from Nick
Time: January 29, 2006, 9:18 am
I reckon it could be a combination of 1 and 4, though I agree 3 is also likely.
I can remember when Clyde Rathbone defected to Australia in the Rugby how ‘popular’ that made him in South Africa. I would say Donald might have been a bit surprised by the backlash of opinion perhaps?
Comment from Rolla
Time: January 31, 2006, 9:37 am
I guess he probably felt a bit undervalued by the South African cricket board, and when somone suggested he should go for it he thought’why not?’
The chat with Vincent van der Bijl probably reassured him, when Donald was told that South Africa thought he was doing a good job.
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