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It may have taken a few decades but the lesson has been worth learning: don’t waste emotional or physical energy on problems or scenarios over which you…
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By the middle of 2019 Thabang Moroe had already made over half a dozen trips to India to woo the BCCI into cooperating with and perhaps even supporting…
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One of the strongest creeds in the Proteas men’s team for the last seven years has been ‘no excuses.’ It started in India in 2015 when they played three…
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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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Anybody who has ever found themselves in a raging, screaming argument which started out over something well-meaning but misunderstood may be better…
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A couple of days ago a young player with a handful of Proteas caps to his credit contacted me to ask what was going on at CSA. When I said I didn’t…
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Jackers didn’t enjoy flying at the best of times but it was particularly grueling in mid-90s India before the airports had all been upgraded and…
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Is South Africa’s head coach a ‘dead man walking’? Is it just a matter of time before the paperwork is finalised and he is dismissed? The tone of the…
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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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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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