Steve Smith and David Warner got a one year ban for being involved in using sandpaper to tamper with the ball, yet Qaasim Adams gets banned for just six matches for pulling a gun on a team-mate. It’s disgusting! I was the first to say that Steve Smith and David Warner should be banned after using […]
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Mzansi Super League Squads.
The Mzansi Super League kicks off today and even though we may be having our doubts about the success of the tournament, we’re hoping it reaches the heights of the IPL or the Big Bash. Let us take a look at the six squads: JOZI STARS Dane Vilas, Rassie van der Dussen, Dan Christian, Beuran Hendricks, […]
Cricket is becoming soft and it’s killing the game we love.
Test cricket is the height of any cricketers career. It’s the format everyone wants to play. But if the ICC are going to continue to run it like children – We’ll all lose interest and the format will die The general rule I have when writing a blog post is to think what I want to […]
LeftBacks EXCLUSIVE: Quinny NOT De Kock Speaks!
If you haven’t heard about the incident between Quinny de Kock and David Warner – then you’ve been under a rock. So, ahead of the 2nd test – we spoke to Quinny not De Kock on Twitter and asked for his side of the story… For those of you needing a quick catch up, David […]
Proteas batsmen need to up their game to beat Australia
I’ll admit it, I don’t care that India are number one in the world – I’m way more excited for the Proteas vs Australia test series. But if our top six bat the way they did against India, we’ll get an absolute hiding from the Aussies. What worries me most about facing Australia is the […]
How to REALLY win at a social sport
My action cricket team – team ROFL – recently walked away with the hotly contested Spirit Cup at Montague Arena’s annual Action Cricket Extreme Cup for the fourth time in a row! What’s the secret to our streak? Keep reading. I have long been an advocate of social sport and the cathartic role it can […]
Stats are not in Temba’s favour
Ithemba is a Xhosa word meaning hope, and Temba Bavuma needs to hope that the selectors and new coach Ottis Gibson look beyond his current form / stats or better yet, hope for a change of fortune with regards to his form The 27 year old has played 24 matches for the Proteas test side, with […]
SPRINGBOKS GOLD, PROTEAS AND BAFANA BATTLE FOR SILVER.
If our top three sporting codes had to battle it out for the best team in SA, the Springboks, without a shadow of doubt would grab that gold medal and leave Bafana Bafana to battle it out with the Proteas for silver. Not one, but two world cup winning medals are proudly in the Springbok trophy cabinet, […]
Selection timing can make or break a test career
Timing is everything. Depending on when you get your dream call-up to represent the national side, your career could last a month or last a decade. The Proteas test opening position is a prime example of this. I’ve been reading so many articles and Twitter feeds moaning about how poor Heino Kuhn was in England and […]
Ottis Gibson is the new Proteas head coach
The cat is finally out the bag – Ottis Gibson has been given the top job in SA cricket – but was the cat ever in the bag to begin with? Cricket South Africa have finally confirmed what has been known by the public for about three weeks, Ottis Gibson, 48, is the man to […]