On the back of unbeaten centuries from Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers, South Africa posted their highest ever score against India and defended it to win the third and final ODI in Ahmedabad on Saturday.A vastly improved performance and the luck of the toss ensured South Africa avoided the series whitewash, and the 2-1 result is probably a fairer reflection of the respective sides.I’d go s...
Cricket South Africa has revealed their final squad for the World Twenty20 this year and of all the uncapped players to pick they made the right choice: Rusty Theron.Theron has been rewarded for being the best bowler ever to have played T20 cricket, or near as dammnit. Whether he gets a run at the World Cup depends on the bravery of Graeme Smith and Corrie de Villiers.Two notable exclusions - both...
Let me tell you what keeps me up at night, all alone with nobody but Dead Gran watching: not one single South African bowler in the IPL’s Top 20 wicket-takers table.Here, in Cape Town, on a Wednesday night. (With thanks to Danny Morrison.)Oh, hang on, I’m mistaken. Dale Steyn makes the list... at No. 20. The only South African in the Top 20 - much less the Top 10, the Top 5, the Top 3 ...
England and South Africa are looking good to advance to the quarterfinals of the ICC World Twenty20 after comfortable wins in their opening games of the Super Eights on Thursday, against Pakistan and New Zealand respectively.I’ll go so far as to say whoever wins the clash between the two sides on Saturday will definitely go through, although whoever loses isn’t necessarily out of it.It...
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