All posts tagged Test cricket
Lungani Zama
Sport, being the great equaliser that it is, simply waits for no man and respects no reputations. This time last year, the world was Graeme Smith's oyster as he led a team brimming with talent, luck and confidence to burst Australia's bubble in u...
Sreeram Ramachandran
It may be somewhat surprising when you think about how, in over 13 decades of cricket's well-documented existence, we only have one known way to judge cricketers -- batting and bowling averages. The void that this leaves is quite huge. Measuring c...
Lungani Zama
Count them. From David Warner, Graham Napier and Yusuf Pathan, right down to our own Albie Morkel and Tyrone Henderson. What do they have in common? Instant stardom on the back of the ability to hit a long ball, and not always in the prettiest wa...
Lungani Zama
This much-vaunted referral system the International Cricket Council (ICC) has implemented is a terrible decision. For one it has turned the hallowed grail of Test cricket into a stop-start contest, complete with all the hollow tension of a game show ...
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