Jeppe join the big achievers

The rise of Jeppe High School for Boys under Mike Bechet has been one of the success stories of Johannesburg schools sport, writes THEO GARRUN.

Make the most of ‘alone time’

Cricket lovers must find ways to make the best of an unavoidable situation – and appreciate the good times.

Move Quinton de Kock to four

The problem that is No 4 in the Proteas batting order is easily sorted. The coach and selectors must do the right thing, writes GARY LEMKE.

Betting on it

With the presence of betting partners and sponsors in sport, it’s no surprise cricketers are still being targeted by bookies, writes GARY LEMKE.  

Delayed effects of Kolpak, player drain

Success doesn’t come overnight. By the same token, neither does failure. Six years ago the Proteas were the No 1-ranked Test team in the world. Now they are a long way off the ‘Big Three’. It’s the delayed effects of Kolpak and the player drain.

Job done as SA make England pay

This Test was heavily loaded in favour of South Africa the moment they went past 250 in their first innings after inexplicably being put in to bat by England’s Joe Root at the toss.

Why Kallis’ input is so important

Of all the new faces involved when it comes to 2020 after the annus horribilis that was South African cricket in 2019 the most important is going to be Jacques Kallis..

New issue: Bavuma – one size fits all

Temba Bavuma is on the cover of the new SA Cricket magazine, on sale this week!

SA cricket’s precarious position

It might get worse before it gets better, writes Gary Lemke in his latest SA Cricket Magazine column.

Faf ensures India join in celebrations

Just like Herschelle Gibbs was awarded citizenship of St Kitts and Nevis for his 2007 World Cup heroics, Faf du Plessis could be given the freedom of Chennai following his hundred against Australia which had significant consequences for India, writes GARY LEMKE.

Job done as Proteas brush aside Sri Lanka

Thankfully, South African cricket fans don’t have to go full into full meltdown mode and burn their Proteas shirts in public because while victory over Sri Lanka was a matter of too little too late, it at least lifted some of the gloom around a poor World Cup campaign, writes GARY LEMKE.

Proteas fast bowlers stuck in the slow lane

Played seven, won one, the most embarrassing World Cup campaign in South Africa’s cricketing history. Protea Fire? More like Proteas Dire, writes GARY LEMKE.

Familiar story as Proteas fail yet again

Yet again South Africa were unable to get across the finishing line in a World Cup match when there was every chance of them being able to do so, writes GARY LEMKE.

Proteas bowlers help paper over the cracks

Take the win and leave town was the plan and South Africa did what was needed, picking up their first win of the World Cup, by nine wickets against Afghanistan in Cardiff, writes GARY LEMKE.

Do the selectors even know their best XI?

Given that the game was a ‘must-win’ following three straight defeats, one assumes that the South African selectors picked their strongest available squad to take on the West Indies, writes GARY LEMKE.