Super 15 Predictions a Tough Call

T20 World Cup To join us in the fun prediction pool, please go to the Moonstone pool Tref & Trap. The pool code cedeveil, and the tournament is called World T20. Cheetahs vs […]

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Super 15 Log Review after Round 5

Super 15 Log Review after Round 5 We are roughly one third through the round robin section of the competition. While those at the top will regard complacency as their major threat, others […]

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Bruising Battles Ahead

T20 World Cup This competition sees the top twelve national cricket sides come together for two fast and furious weeks of T20 cricket action. To join us in the fun prediction pool, please […]

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Old Dogs and New Tricks

Old Dogs and New Tricks – Our marketing colleague, Divan Kleynhans, mentions that it was a good weekend for the Old Boys Club to put their hands up. Victor Matfield, Schalk Burger and the […]

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Cricket Gods Abandon Proteas

How dramatic was that last hour! With only four overs to go, two fatal stabs by a limping Harris delivered the coup de grãce. The Proteas, in the past, managed to survive and […]

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A Lone Shark

The title of an article on Supersport reads: “Looks like Sharks will stand alone”, and possibly reflects the views of most South African fans at this stage of the Super 15 Competition. The […]

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Oh to be at Newlands when the cricket is on

Who can ever forget this immortal uttering by the late Charles Fortune? Ryan Harris, Australian fast bowler, is something of an amateur author. His column in the Sydney Morning Herald contains some pointers […]

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Het jou, Katvis!

Some of you may remember this expression from the cartoon series “Grootbek en Katvis” on TV in the early days when ou Grootbek tried to outsmart the wily catfish I used the very […]

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Fools rush in

This old adage, from a Protea perspective, refers more to the second part: “…where angels fear to tread.” The prospect of facing Mitchell Johnson must be a daunting one, yet AB de Villiers, […]

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The Johnson Jinx

Mitchell Johnson appears to reserve his best for South Africans. His career best of 12 wickets for 127 runs in the first test at Centurion eclipsed his previous best figures of 11 for […]

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To bat first, or not to bat first…

The answer to this Shakespearian question is not as simple as some would think. At the time of writing, Australia was on 369 for 7 in their first innings. There was a lot […]

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A tale of two spinners

Much of the pre-test hype focussed on whether Michael Clarke’s view, that Australia has the best bowling attack in world cricket, is true. Despite all the hot air doing the rounds, there is […]

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The Broken Adoption

Say what you like about him, but the guy is nothing short of a cricketing genius. The man, whom most South Africans loved to hate, seems to have been cast aside by his […]

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Die Naweek se Sport

Ses-Nasies Weens verpligtinge by die Stellenbosch Wynfees kon ek ongelukkig nie baie rugby kyk die naweek nie. Dit verklaar dalk ook waarom ek Sondag net die tweede helfte van die “hoofwedstryd” tussen Engeland […]

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ICC “Unanimous” on Principles

The International Cricket Council released a media statement on Tuesday, following the meeting to discuss the far-reaching proposals put forward by the boards of Australia, India and England. The ICC Board unanimously supported […]

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Springbok Contracts Confirmed

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) confirmed on Friday that a group of 17 players were contracted for the 2014 Springbok season. The seven newly-contracted players are Marcell Coetzee (loose forward), JJ Engelbrecht […]

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Cricket Piracy

The proposal by India, Australia and England to usurp power in the world of cricket may be a case of making official what may very well already be standard practice. There is little […]

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