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.

Years to the real heroes – Part 2

In part two of the series, SA Cricket magazine editor RYAN VREDE explains why a West Indies icon’s calendar-year runs mean more than the man who holds that record.

Years to the real heroes – Part 1

In the first piece of a two-part series, SA Cricket magazine editor RYAN VREDE dissects the records of the top five Test run-scorers in a calendar year, and re-ranks them according to difficulty and significance.

Defining month for cricket

In the next month the game’s leaders have to make some of the biggest decisions of the last decade, writes RYAN VREDE.

Warne’s beautiful irrationality

Shane Warne’s feud reignition with Steve Waugh speaks more to his mental constitution than it does expose Waugh’s incompetency. And that’s fine, writes RYAN VREDE.