I was listing to Ravi Shastri debate on SuperSport this evening about South African’s problem with big match temperament (BMT), Ravi noted a few very interesting points. He firstly noted that South Africa stick to ‘the book’ too often in the crunch games, what he was referring to was the batting order. Ravi feels that [...]
South Africa has played two games in the Champions Trophy against Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Having lost one and won the next, South Africa’s destiny is in their hands. They face England at SuperSport Park Centurion this Sunday. South Africa has chosen a team with four pace bowlers; Parnell, Steyn, Morkel and Kaills with [...]
The ICC Champions Trophy 2009 kicks off today at SuperSport Park Centurion. Sri Lanka will take on the hosts South Africa. There is some talk about there being some spin in the pitch which should see both teams fielding two spinners, in Johan Botha and Roelof van der Merwe for South Africa and off-spinner Muttiah [...]
Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Monday named a provisional squad of 20 players for the ICC Champions Trophy tournament to be held in South Africa in September. The squad will be reduced to a final squad of 15 closer to the start of the tournament. The squad consists of the 15 players who did duty in [...]
Johannesburg – Twelve months ago, Wayne Parnell was one of the members of the South African Cricket Academy, dreaming of earning a full-time spot in the Warriors franchise, with thoughts of playing for South Africa very much a dream for the future. A year later, 19-year-old Parnell has a national contract with the South African [...]