Manners-on-Cricket
“If your partner’s father dies and you say ‘everyone dies’ then you’re correct but not very sensitive to the moment.” In recent weeks Faf du Plessis and Graeme Smith have spoken about this being a time to listen to grievances, to understand and try to be empathetic. Both subsequ…
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The news that acting Cricket South Africa CEO, Jacques Faul, will be stepping down from the role on September 15 will come as a bitter blow to those ho…
Jul 29
Professional cricketers are required to undergo educational training about match-fixing and sign a contractually-binding pledge to report any approache…
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When AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn were selected to make their Test debuts together on December 17th, 2004, they had played just 13 and 11 first-class …
Jul 13
The explosion of creativity in sport and the arts during Lockdown has been remarkable and uplifting to see, at least for the first couple of months whe…
Jul 6
Not being able to say sorry is regrettable but not having the chance to say thank you can linger just as long. It has been almost 33 years in this inst…
May 20
It strikes me that there would be an understandable outcry if Cricket South Africa (or SA Rugby or SAFA, for that matter) went cap in hand to president…
Apr 25
The Indian Premier League has just been “postponed indefinitely” - which means it has not been cancelled. To do so would mean denying the Indian econom…
Apr 15
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