SUCCESS OCCURS WHEN OPPORTUNITY MEETS PREPARATION – HOWEVER, WHEN OPPORTUNITY IS INFREQUENT AND LIMITED DUE TO A BIAS FOR A PARTICULAR RACE GROUP BASED ON A HISTORY OF SYSTEMIC PRIVILEGE AND A MINDSET OF MISPLACED SUPERIORITY, THIS IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET – NOT QUOTAS, NOT TRANSFORMATION, BUT A MENTAL BLOCK THAT OLD SCHOOL THINKING CLOUDS THE BIGGER PICTURE. ULTIMATELY TALENT RULES AND TALENT COMES TO THE FORE ONLY WITH CONSISTENT OPPORTUNITY. BLACK LIVES REALLY DO MATTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WHITE MALES (20 – 39 YEARS) ARE ONLY 3% OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN POPULATION. NON-WHITES NOT ONLY NEED OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT CONSISTENTLY BUT DESERVE TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT JUST AS MUCH AS THEIR WHITE BROTHERS DO.