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 […]
Posts with the Australia tag
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 […]
The Proteas are number one – so why aren’t we positive?
The Champions Trophy has arrived and the Proteas are ranked number one in the world, like we usually are going into an ICC tournament – so why are we not confident about lifting the trophy? It’s not unusual for South Africa to go into ICC tournaments ranked as the best in the world. We seem to be experts at […]
Do the Proteas stick with a winning side or fix what’s not broken?
If you look at the Proteas side as a whole, we’re really solid at the moment. But it also seems that a few individuals are carrying the team. So do the selectors leave it as it is or do we strengthen the weak links? Are the selectors brave enough to drop big name players in […]
Do we all owe Mr Domingo an apology?
For months and months, we’ve all disliked Russell DominGO as the Proteas coach and have BEGGED the CSA to sack him. But now that we’re destroying the Aussies – does it mean they’re completely horrible or do we owe our coach an apology? OK – So Australia have been more useless than a inflatable dartboard, but why? […]
What have we learnt from the Aussie series?
After this sensational match, and three games into the Protea’s series against our bitter rivals. What have we learnt? Things are maybe not as bad as what we all believe they are. Many people, me included, have been talking about the death of SA cricket for the past six months or more. The side looks […]
Our Protea’s starting XI
I’ve been keeping a close eye on the Protea’s T20 side over the past few months. I haven’t said much, knowing there’s a world T20 competition on the horizon, I wanted to watch as many games as possible to see if we actually have a chance of beating India, the outright favourites for the competition. […]
What the Proteas need: an antagonistic leader
When I think back on all of the Protea’s recent successful years, the one thing that stands out consistently is that Biff Smith was leading us. Leading by example. Aggressive, arrogant and cocky were all words to describe him. I loved it, and other countries hated it. We need another Graeme Smith We have plenty of problems in […]
Day/night test matches. Please, no!
Test cricket is undoubtedly the best form of cricket, all true cricket fans will agree. T20 on the other hand is just some fun to earn a quick buck. So why are we trying to bridge the gap between Tests and T20s? It’s not right. For years, we’ve heard murmurs about the ICC considering the introduction of day/night Test cricket. Now, finally it […]