It’s been 33 years of World Cup heartache. 33 – over 3 decades.
Like many South Africans of my age and older, I can remember them all:
– The rain in 1992 when Dave Richardson (Swinger) and Brian McMillan were on the cusp of steering us into our maiden...
Growing up within walking distance of St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth, I spent my youth watching every match that came to town (as well as all practices). Before our re-admission, it was the mighty Eastern Province, led by Kepler Wessels, that had my complete devotion and I can...
One of my favourite ways to spend a day is watching Test cricket. There simply is no other sport like it; played for five days, with ebbs and flows of momentum across each day’s three sessions, a test of supreme skill and courage and a team sport built very much on individual...
Another major tournament, so much hype and expectation and ultimately bitter disappointment. The tournaments and grounds may change but the result continues to be the same – the Proteas simply fail to win when it matters.
Since we last won our first and only ICC event – the inaugural...
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...
I’ve said it many times and I’ll say it again: for me, there is no better way to spend a day than watching Test cricket. And when it’s done in the sun whilst enjoying a few cold castles, the local beer, all the better!
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...
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...
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...
