I must admit that Dale Steyn’s impressive bowling figures in Test cricket were not apparent to me, I know he’s a world class player, but I didn’t know that he’s on his way to potentially becoming the best fast bowler of all time. Steyn took his 200th Test wicket against the West Indies in the [...]
The Proteas beat the West Indies 5 -0 in the One Day International series for the third time since readmission to international cricket, the West Indies should be relegated to the ‘b’ league. According to CricInfo’s stat’s guru, since 2000 the West Indies have lost 46 games from 75 played… at home! That’s a disgrace. [...]
I was incensed when news broke that Mark Boucher had been dropped from the Protea’s T20 and ODI squads to play the West Indies following the poor performance of the Proteas in the ICC World T20. My initial reaction was, how can we drop the guy who always seems to be there for us when [...]
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. [...]