Australia's current tour of South Africa has produced some enthralling cricket, with the contest being feisty. Graeme Smith scored a much needed 50 in Port Elizabeth while Jacques Kallis also returned to form with a classy knock, reminding us of his ...
Finally, all the paperwork and red tape has been cleared and Imran Tahir is set to be a Protea.
This is big news. Why so, you may ask? Because why, as hulle se op die Oos Rand, his international career presents a challenge, not only to himself to ...
It's June 4 1993. The first Ashes Test has entered its second day as Shane Warne steps up to bowl to Mike Gatting. The ball pitches nearly half a metre fair way outside leg-stump, bites, bounces and turns. The rest has now become folklore.
The Ball...
"Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended." These were the words of the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, perhaps complimented by the actor Robin Williams, who said of the gentleman's game, "Cricket is basically basebal...
On Tuesday, July 6, the news broke that Muttiah Muralitharan, at the age of 38, will play one final Test match, against sub-continental rivals India, before he retires from the longest form of cricket.
The announcement follows months of candour ...
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...
By Adam Wakefield
The old adage states "if it ain't broken, don't fix it". David Morgan, the ICC president, recently said that Test cricket could or would undergo serious changes by the time the clock strikes 12 and 2010 becomes 2011. This stateme...
