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 [...]
Sometimes you just can’t seem to arrange your life around the cricket schedule, no matter how hard you try. There’s always a game that you miss for some reason or the other, a birthday, anniversary and then there’s that thing called a job that often gets in the way of watching your team laying down [...]
On the back of the poor performance of the current Proteas team in the ICC World T20 and the negative media back lash, I though it would be a good idea to select a South African T20 dream team of players who retired before T20 cricket came of age. As my regular readers will know [...]
It’s a bold statement and one not made lightly. I’m of the opinion that Hashim Amla will become the highest scoring Test batsman that South Africa has ever produced. My opinion is not based merely on the recent batting lessons that he gave India, but on his past performances and how he plays his cricket. [...]
Come all ye fair young maidens and harken unto me, Never trust a cricketer, whoever he may be. Randier than a sailor, who’s been six months at sea. Never let a cricketer’s hand an inch above your knee. First let’s take the Paceman, pure speed from first to last. My darlings do be careful, his [...]