The Proteas’ trials and tribulations at World Cups are well documented. In 27 years spanning seven World Cups before this one, barring our first in 1992 where the weather gods didn’t fancy the new kids on the international scene, we’ve somehow contrived to lose the plot. I...
I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again: for me, there are few better ways to spend a day than watching Test cricket. And when it’s done in the sun whilst enjoying a few cold beers with friends, all the better! There simply is no other sport like it; played for...
Four years ago I was following the Proteas, South Africa’s national cricket team, around India and Bangladesh for the 2011 World Cup. I was all but one of our pool games and was...
Cricket is definitely one of my favourite sports and there aren’t many better ways to spend a day than watching a test match with a beer in hand in gorgeous sunshine. As fate would have it, Biff (our captain Graeme Smith) and the boys (or formally The Proteas) were touring England over...
I love all sports, and will watch anything!, but cricket is definitely one of my favourites. In India and Bangladesh, cricket is not only a sport but a religion and thus to experience the world cup in these countries was incredibly special.
Even more so because I saw...
Outside the national stadium in Dhaka
Anyone feel a slight sense of deja vu? Once again the Proteas had so much promise and I really felt as if we could go all the way. I don’t...
So, a Saffer, two Americans and an Irishman walk into a cricket game . As Liz (a friend from the Caymans) said, this sounds like the opening line to a joke. It was in fact the crew that went to see Biff (the nickname of Graeme Smith, the captain of the South African team) and the boys open...
I’m starting this blog in the center of the country at the Green House guesthouse at the base of Adam’s Peak, or Sri Pada to the locals, Sri Lanka’s most sacred mountain. For the past few minutes, I’m been watching the joy on the owner’s young daughter’s...
