The fact that cricketers need to practise and play the format in which they wish and need to excel was unquestioned for the best part of half a century, ever since the first limited overs format was introduced in 1963. England’s Gillette Cup was a bold ex... See more
More speculation that international bilateral cricket is heading towards starvation rations and probably death is understandable. Fuel to the fire was provided by a senior Indian Premier League (IPL) administrator who said last week that further expansion... See more
The “walk-out”, by Beyers Swanepoel. If the script were presented to a TV or film production company unfamiliar with the story, they would assume it was fiction. Why would a professional sportsman walk out of a cup final with the contest on a knife-edge t... See more
The English County Championship may have been formed only in 1890, but dozens of cricket historians have produced more than 100 books and essays detailing intercounty matches stretching back to the first one recorded, between Kent and Surrey, in 1709. Ken... See more
In the early hours of Sunday morning a little piece of cricketing history was made which many South Africans may have missed. Kayla Reyneke hit the final ball of a One Day International (ODI) against New Zealand for six to win the match. It’s the stuff cr... See more
