Opinion

Big boots to fill as Donald steps down

Proteas bowling coach Allan Donald has vacated the building. And at the door he’s left big size 13s to fill.

English cricket needs someone who can control Kevin Pietersen because they certainly need him back.

Neil McKenzie could not have ended his first-class career on a better note than winning the Sunfoil Series with the Lions.

Australia struck an exceptional balance between their batting and bowling and were deserved winners of the World Cup.

We mark each of South Africa’s World Cup squad out of 10. See who clinched a great 9.5, who settled on 5 and who endured a terrible 2.

The pressure got to South Africa. If you ask me to sum things up in a word, that’s it. Pressure.

The decision to bat AB de Villiers at No 5 cost the Proteas dearly in the World Cup semi-final in Auckland.

New Zealand had never scored more than 298 runs in 50 overs against South Africa in 61 ODIs.

The result as well as the quality of the Proteas’ performance in the World Cup semi-final was not entirely unexpected.

How cruel of the cricketing gods that it would be a native of South Africa who would crush South Africa’s hopes of a first ever World Cup final.

If South Africa win this semi-final I have no doubt they will go all the way and win the World Cup as well.

South Africa have found their strongest XI and are peaking at the right stage of the tournament.

If South Africa are to win this World Cup, they will have succeeded in transforming a weakness into a strength.

That really seemed all so easy, didn’t it? The boys made light work of it and congratulations to them.

The only bad news is that South Africa can’t get any better than they did in destroying Sri Lanka in Sydney.