From Heroes to Zeroes

To describe the series loss as a disappointment, is an understatement.  Although the Proteas seemed to be cruising to a win at a 160 for 1 the side imploded to lose the game […]

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Bobby’s Boys

In my opinion, this is South Africa’s best 5-day test XI since readmission. Please note that I did not consider persons with less than 40 test matches. The balance of the side is: […]

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Proteas: Déjà Vu?

Another ICC tournament and the Proteas are yet again on the brink of the ejection edifice. (The word PME comes to mind – editor) Australia thumped the Proteas yesterday. Perhaps a little payback […]

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Time and Tide

The song, Time and the river, is an old favourite, going back to the sixties, toe manne nog manne was, en die Bokke bo. The opening lines occurred to me when I was […]

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Post Mortems and Previews

Felicitations It is early days yet, but our athletes at the Paralympics are really doing us proud. In fact, for me it is a humbling experience to watch these wonderful people achieving great […]

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