Since cricket luminary, Ross Purdon, returned home to Port Alfred from London last week, he’s finding it hard to wipe the smile off his face. And who can blame him? For the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) member had a front-row seat to…
BY LIAM DEL CARME – TIMESLIVE South Africa painfully and inexorably nudged towards a series defeat against England here on Saturday. They have a mountain to climb to save this Test‚ never mind winning it to level the series at two-all.…
One squad‚ three spinners. South Africa won’t want for slow poisoners in their men’s Test series in India in October. Keshav Maharaj‚ South Africa’s first-choice spinner for most of their 30 matches since he made his debut in Perth in…
Ottis Gibson could be on his way back to England‚ regardless of whether he guides South Africa to World Cup glory. If he goes‚ Cricket South Africa (CSA) and their strange approach to human relations would struggle to avoid being slapped…
Despite an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series‚ South Africa are unlikely to ‘rest’ players for the final Test at the Wanderers. The folly of resting players after an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series came to bite South Africa in the…
So much can happen in a year that what took place in March can be forgotten in November. When it comes to South Africa-Australia cricket engagements‚ that’s not the case‚ especially with the sides meeting on Sunday in Perth for the first…
