Talk:Makhaya Ntini

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Contents 1 Bantu? 2 13 Wickets 3 First Black player for SA 4 WikiProject Cricket 5 Controversial material

[edit] Bantu?

Is Ntini Bantu? His features and his name (pronounced with a click consonant) make me think his ancestry is more Bushman. thefamouseccles 23:44, 03 Mar 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 13 Wickets

"On 12 April 2005, Ntini took 13 wickets for 132 runs against the West Indies"

I don't think it's possible to take 13 wickets in one day... I'm presuming that the date of 12 April refers to the start of the test. But the exact days in which this occurred should be clarified.

Of course it is possibke to take 13 wickets in a day. If Ntini took, say, 8 wickets in the West Indies' first innings, they then followed on and he took 5 more wickets in the second innings, he would have taken 13 wickets in one day. It's quite a feat and probably quite rare, but it is possible. Mikker ^(...) 22:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] First Black player for SA

No he was not. That was Paul Adams. This article is rubbish. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.237.166.156 (talk) 02:44, 9 December 2006 (UTC).

Actually yes, he was. Paul Adams is not black, he is coloured. Furthermore, neither he nor Ntini hold the distinction of being the first non-white player for South Africa, as bi-racial Charles Llewellyn made his Test début for South Africa in 1896. So, while Paul Adams was the first non-white post-Apartheid player for South Africa, the article is quite correct in stating that Makhaya Ntini is the first black player to play for the South African team. Cenobite 16:26, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Cricket

I've added this article to WikiProject Cricket, hence the template at the top of this talk page. Please refer to the project page before editing this article, especially the style guide so that we can maintain consistency of style across cricket-related articles. Thanks. Cenobite 19:57, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Controversial material

I've removed unsourced, controversial material that seemed to associate his rape conviction with the fact that he's black. Cenobite 22:02, 31 December 2006 (UTC)