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Remember when Dizzy was hired and he was the Messiah and SA cricket would be a forced to be reckoned with? That was before he was Redbacked into mediocrity.Facts are, there is nobody in the current Redbacks team who will ever wear a green baggy cap. We are not producing future Test players, we are just a dumping ground for players from interstate hoping to make something of their careers.
I've followed the Redbacks since the mid-60s, and home-grown players to progress to successful Test careers have been few and far between. Many of our successes in that time have been on the back of international players (Sobers, Richards, etc) and interstate players (Mallett, Jenner, Siddons, etc). Even some of our all-time greats (Bradman, Grimmett, etc) were from interstate.
Maybe it's the Adelaide water or something
They hired Mike hussey to do a review, he said there are too many grade cricket clubs with talent too thinly spread, much like the AFL has too many victorian clubs, and some need to merge.
As long as vested interests prevent mergers and better pathways for youngsters SA will be a dumping ground of NSW 2nd graders.