South Africa

We Don’t Have The Power (guest post)

January 25, 2011

This is a guest post by Bryn de Kocks. “We just can’t do it Captain. We don’t have the power!” A slightly modified yet appropriate quote that may have been fit coming from some of the middle to lower order batman’s mouths during the past 5 one day international games against India. South Africa seem [...]

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The PaddleShopper: The Proteas Not So Secret Weapon

January 24, 2011

Graeme Smith said having an attacking spinner like Imran Tahir in his side is “something that I have dreamt of throughout my captaincy.” Tahir did not play a single game in the five match ODI series. So much for making your dreams come true. Thanks for that CSA selectors.
In explanation of Tahir’s exclusion, Smith later said “he has been shielded to make him a surprise package during the World Cup”. A surprise package? There hasn’t been a surprise package in International cricket since Gogga Adams chucked a ball with his head up his arse!
Surely CSA don’t think there is no video footage of Tahir. It’s not like he’s an unknown quantity either. According to CricInfo, Tahir has played for 10 different teams since he started his 1st class career in 1996; from Lahore, Yorkshire, Middlesex, Hampshire, the Titans and now the Dolphins. Surprise package or secret weapon? I don’t think so…

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So, are India the chokers now?

January 23, 2011

This post sounded way better and a lot less rambling-like prior to Yusuf Pathan bending South Africa over and giving them a good rogering. The question is still the same, though. It’s just being asked a bit differently now. After being 2-1 up in the series, does this this constitute a colossal choke on India’s [...]

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The PaddleShopper: Albie’s World Cup exclusion causes Confusion

January 19, 2011

Well of course… we all have our opinions about who should be in the Proteas squad for the World Cup. Maybe Bouch is past his best, and there’s still time for for Rusty Theron, but to leave out Albie Morkel makes no bloody sense at all to me??!!!
And don’t even get me started on Davy Jacobs….

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Do we always c-word because of the summer of 99?

January 16, 2011

Remember this? Of course you do. Who doesn’t? How can we ever forget this when every time South Africa fluff a good chance the analysts, professional, amateur and useless alike get up on their armchairs, beat their chest in King King fashion and bellow: CHOKERS! One has to feel from Graeme Smith and Lonwabo Tsotsobe. [...]

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a tale befitting this game

January 16, 2011

A packed bullring, baying for the blood of the team whose fans bleed blue, was not enough. Did South Africa c-word? Frankly, I don’t give a Siddhu’s speech. What I do care about, is the following: “This is a cliff-hanger” – bellowed the commentator during the dying stages of the match, for want of better [...]

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Why are there no days that start with a C?

January 11, 2011

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has welcomed an initiative by Lead SA, encouraging the South African public to show their 100% support for the Proteas. Similar to the successful trend of Football Fridays, where South Africans wore their soccer jerseys in support of Bafana Bafana, people are now being encouraged to show their 100% support for [...]

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Confessions of a recovering Smith basher: Day 1

January 3, 2011

Okay, so it’s actually been a while since I’ve started my recovery but with the World Cup around the corner and the South Africa and India series on a knife’s edge, I thought it best to document my journey as I am sure there are many who can relate. I used to not like Graeme [...]

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South Africa’s Kingsmead report card

December 30, 2010

South Africa report card: Alviro Petersen 5/10 Virus, as he is affectionately known, is fairly new to the Test arena, having made his début only in February of this year…oddly against India.  He scored 100 in the first innings of that Test and 21 in the second. With eight matches under his belt and three [...]

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India’s Report Card after Durban Test

December 30, 2010

The image on the left is considered by many to be enough to summarize India’s 87 run victory over in the Durban Test, but yet it is not. For not a single one of these 87 runs were a result of this moment when Sreesanth produced a snorter to get rid of Kallis. The victory [...]

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