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There are plenty of stats to choose from which illustrate just what a remarkable cricketer Virat Kohli is. Number of Test wins as captain (40), the…
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Edgbaston, 2008. Graeme Smith played one of the great innings in South African Test history. Not just because it was in the fourth innings to win both…
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On the face of it there doesn’t seem much that Gary Kirsten and Quinton de Kock could claim to share in common, apart from cricket. Both left-handed…
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Of all the intriguing personal duels and individual performances to look forward to during the course of the South Africa / India Test series, the…
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Everyone who cares about South African cricket probably has a worst ‘moment’ from the last couple of years which, for them, symbolises the nadir to…
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The majority of the substantial English cricket press corps left the UK during the course of last week to cover what will be one of the most unusual…
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It has been an astonishing news week, starting with the harrowing testimony to a committee of parliamentarians by former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq…
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The ‘moment’ has passed. The Proteas squad has been home for almost a week and attention has moved to the next challenge, Netherlands and India. Cricket…
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India and the West Indies have floundered at the T20 World Cup because they allowed seniority, sentiment and reputation to cloud their judgement in the…
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There is a lot of angry and negative ‘noise’ out there at the moment and I have no intention of adding to it. In the spirit of inclusivity and…
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Warm-up week before the start of an ICC event is always lots of fun. Supporters generally read far more into the results than the players for whom there…
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A couple of days before the IPL final I made contact with Faf du Plessis in Dubai where the Chennai Super Kings were awaiting news of their opponents in…
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