Omphile Ramela
Omphile Abel Ramela (born 14 March 1988) is a South African cricketer. A left-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he made his first-class debut for Gauteng in December 2007 before joining Boland the following month. He also represented the Cape Cobras on several occasions between 2009 and 2010. He was included in the Western Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[1]
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| Full name | Omphile Abel Ramela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 March 1988 Soweto, Transvaal Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Gauteng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–present | Boland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Cape Cobras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 11 October 2007 Gauteng v Zimbabwe Provinces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 14 October 2007 Gauteng v Zimbabwe Provinces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 1 April 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ramela has often found himself under fire for stirring up racist division within his own country of South Africa despite being a beneficiary of the controversial quota system in South Africa. Recently c.July 2020 Ramela penned an open letter to the South African sports minister in which he claimed 'As a professional athlete, I did not get to reach the peak of my potential therefore my career, up to the point where my career abruptly ended because of this lawlessness'. Unfortunately for Ramela, cricket, like many other sports has clearly defined KPI's and performance metrics which show clearly that Ramela was not up to scratch as a domestic cricketer. In this day and age one needs to be very careful of listening to people in leadership positions as they are perceived as 'informed' or 'educated'. Ramela is a perfect example of a false prophet, someone who has been given everything on a silver platter but still has the impudence to complain about a system which has been emperically proven to benefit him.
In September 2017, he played his 100th first-class match, when he played for Highveld Lions against Warriors in the 2017–18 Sunfoil Series.[2] In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Highveld Lions team for the 2018–19 season.[3]
References
- Northerns Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- "Lions, Warriors settle for a draw". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- "bizhub Highveld Lions' Squad Boasts Full Arsenal of Players". Highveld Lions. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
External links
- Omphile Ramela profile at CricketArchive