The second edition of the T20 Champions League is on these shores as I type this. Enrique -- or Enreekay -- kicked the circus off with a concert at Emmarentia Dam in Johannesburg and did a few numbers before the Lions took on the Indians (referring t...
Graeme Smith can never be accused of not doing his best for his country. As a player, he thrives off the competitive juices produced in the heat of battle, and his large physical presence notwithstanding, he is an imposing player when chewing his gum...
I was surfing the internet and found an interesting article by Telford Vice on cricinfo.com about this year being the tenth anniversary of one of the sorriest affairs to have ever gripped South African sport, let alone cricket.
On April 11, 2000...
South Africa begin their Test series against the West Indies, starting at Port-of-Spain, on a high after white washing the West Indians 5-0 in the ODI series. Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers both had very good series', and Morne Morkel was the leading...
That didn't last long did it? While South African cricket fans have become used to being underwhelmed by our national team, our recent exit from the World Twenty20 was even more whimpering than usual.
What we are used to is a barnstorming start, ...
It was a so-so day, with the humming of work and industry (there is an auto-repair shop adjacent to my office) filling the air with rands and cents. During a moment of "downtime" (ie procrastination), I was surfing the web and was surprised to read o...
This year has been a tumultuous one for Test cricket. Many scribes have begun writing obituaries for the game that has formed the cornerstone of cricket competition for over a century. In relation to the ever-constant changes different sports have un...
The England and Wales Cricket Board recently pulled off a coup through the passing of the New Home Office laws. The laws were sought by England's cricket administrators as a means of fighting the "scourge" of Kolpak cricketers plying their trade in t...
By Klaus Bauer
The scrap currently playing out between the Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) is childish and futile to say the least. In case you haven't heard about this untimely melee, CSA has decided to take all planned...
