Just one more point...

A couple of comments on last night's posts that suggest people agree with my wish list, which is nice, but DCCC Forever makes a good point.

We do, badly, need a bowler who can keep it tight. A Langeveldt, to use a very good example. Last season we showed that we could set a decent score and 150 should, if you back it up with decent bowling, win you more games than not.

In the absence of that you need a VERY good batting side who can chase most totals down. I'm not sure we have that yet, but the addition of a Duminy, Morkel or Kallis would not harm us.

I will clarify that I haven't a clue, the same as everyone else, what budget John Morris has to play with. It may be that we're looking at the next level of player down for all I know, perhaps someone like Justin Ontong, though I'd be less sure of their ability to swell the crowd.

As I said last night, I would be astonished if Duminy wanted to come and did come, though he would definitely boost the crowds. Morkel would too, and I think that he may be the most affordable and the best bet. His bowling goes for around eight an over in this format, which is not the most economical, but he would come with a reputation to build and the incentive of reclaiming a place in his national side.

The reality is that irrespective of what the new man and Peterson bring to the mix, there will still be a huge onus on the existing players to step up to the mark and raise their game. If they helped us to reach totals of 180 and we still got hammered due to indisciplined bowling we'd be no further forward.

That our team looks better on paper than two years ago is undeniable. What they will all need to show now is that they can cut it when they get out on the grass, because we will only win as a team, not with two or three good individuals.