I was uber chuffed when an email popped up in my in-box from Vincent Hofmann inviting me to the SA Cricket Awards Gala Dinner. As a blogger I don’t often get invited to official events and it’s very difficult for me to get access to the players. Vincent and I were accompanied by Mike Stopforth [...]
I’m sure you’re aware by now that the CSA Awards were held last night, where Hashim Amla was named SA Cricket player of the year 2010. I was fortunate enough to attend the event and rub shoulders with the players, administrators and the rest of the SA Cricket fraternity. A few days ago I made [...]
That’s right folks, it’s awards time again for the South African cricket fraternity. Seems that just the other day we were singing the praises of Graeme Smith as he took the award for SA cricket player of the year, mostly for his captaincy during a serious purple patch for SA cricket. On Tuesday 20th July [...]
It’s been a few days now since the Proteas were knocked out of the ICC World T20, following a string of losses. There’s been a real backlash from the media, fans and past players about the way the Proteas succumbed to the opposition. Let’s be honest we played poor cricket, the leaders in the team [...]
I’m a great believer in the abilities of Hashim Amla, I’ve recently written why I think he’ll become the greatest test batsman South Africa has produced. I’ve been following Amla’s performance for Nottinghamshire in the county series this season. To date Amla has played four games, scored 396 runs including 129 on debut for Nottinghamshire. [...]