Analysis: Faf, Rabada lead Saffa charge
Faf du Plessis and Kagiso Rabada have been sensational in IPL so far, and here’s a look at how the South Africans have been doing in the 2020 edition.
Galiem reflects on impressive first season
Two months ago 23-year-old Dayyaan Galiem walked away as the big winner at the Multiply Titans’ annual awards dinner having claimed three top prizes. He chatted to ANDRE HUISAMEN about his breakthrough season at the Pretoria-based team.
The strength of silence
Cricket South Africa has Peter de Villiers-ised its transformation agenda, writes RYAN VREDE.
Understanding cause and effect
The proposed Restoration Fund for cricketers who feel wronged by racial prejudice has the potential to be a complex mess and doesn’t address the root cause, writes RYAN VREDE.
Kallis was the complete cricketer
There is so much negativity in the sporting world and there is so much uncertainty, but this week there was only positivity and certainty with Jacques Kallis’ induction into the ICC Cricket’s Hall of Fame, writes MARK KEOHANE for IOL Sport.
Smith needs to clean up image
MARK KEOHANE, for IOL, writes that Graeme Smith is capable of leading South African cricket out of the mire but has to dig deep within himself before his own cleansing is complete.
Let’s hold the centre amid chaos
It’s time to put an end to the binary thought on the Smith/Tsolekile saga, writes DANIEL GALLAN.
Importance of #BLM should not be clouded by Tsolekile’s wrongdoings
There must be empathy and sympathy with #BlackLivesMatter. There has to be listening and understanding. But there also has to be perspective and an unemotional unpacking of when the subject is #BlackLivesMatter or when #BLM is a convenient mask, writes MARK KEOHANE for the Cape Times.
SA-born Campher impresses against World Champs
Curtis Campher is the first Irish cricketer in ODI history to score back-to-back half-centuries and take wickets in both matches. He did it against World Cup ODI champions England, writes MARK KEOHANE for IOL.
The uprising cricket needs
Fourty-four years after the Soweto uprising and 28 years since Omar Henry became the first non-white cricketer of the post-isolation era, we still have some way to go, writes RYAN VREDE.
Epic Battles: Steyn’s fiery duel with Tendulkar
Momin Mehmood Butt looks back at a day that will be forever cherished as the time when Dale Steyn and Sachin Tendulkar faced off in a duel for the ages.
Auction in support of Morne van Rensburg
We are auctioning off a special AB de Villiers-signed portrait to raise awareness and funds in order to help young star Morne van Rensburg in his fight with Leukemia.
Pope puts fans on red-ball alert
English fans will do well to not overhype things just yet but their latest young talented Test batsman looks to have special qualities, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH.
Labuschagne keeps raising the bar
Marnus Labuschagne was five years old when he watched through tears the final moments of South Africa’s 1999 World Cup semi-final capitulation against Australia, writes HENRY HARPER.
Broken Production Line – Mahatlane
In light of the poor record by South Africa’s Under-19s, coach Lawrence Mahatlane says there’s a problem with unions not bringing youngsters through, writes KEN BORLAND.
