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On the same day the Proteas bowled the West Indies out for just 97 on the first day of the first Test in St.Lucia Cricket South Africa confirmed that o…
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There is a lot to be excited about ahead of Wednesday’s first Test between the West Indies and South Africa at the Darren Sammy Stadium in St.Lucia but…
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“They will come to Iowa for reasons you can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up on your driveway, not even sure why they’re doing it, they’ll arrive at your…
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Notwithstanding the sense of schadenfreude experienced by some cricket players and supporters outside of Australia by the resurrection of the Newlands …
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If South Africa’s end of year Test series against India was in that country rather than in South Africa, would the world’s most consistently performing…
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Spoiler alert – there is more in this column on Cricket South Africa’s administration. If you can’t stomach it, now’s the time to hit the delete key. O…
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Last night I finished a column explaining how the IPL wasn’t just ‘too big to fail’, but far too rich to cancel. I was convinced the tournament would c…
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It is sad but perfectly understandable that cynicism and scepticism prevail regarding the composition of a new board of directors at Cricket South Afri…
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By now even the most ‘removed’ readers of this column will have an understanding of the dynamics of Cricket South Africa’s current governance crisis, s…
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Sick and tired as I have become writing endless stories about failed, self-serving administrators, too many good ‘cricket people’ have urged me not to …
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One of the difficulties many parents of young children experience is the ‘false threat.’ “If you don’t tidy your room now you will not be allowed to go…
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There is a powerful argument which says the current Indian squad is the strongest in the country’s international history. There can surely be no doubt …
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