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@babse @Shebeen you guys had me in stitches! haha... BUT I LOVE TO SEE KOHLI LOSE so I was watching... Look, I watched some of the SA A vs India cricket prior to the Test Series started (out of pure boredom) and I said to one of my mates this Jansen laaitie looks impressive. My word, has he stepped up to the big boy game in commendable fashion - what I saw in that 2nd test was awesome, to see a youngster fronting up like that gave me goosebumps! KG also needed to be reminded that HE is now the leader of our attack, and after Bouchie/Elgar had that chat with him, you can see he has regained some of the fire that's been missing for the last while. Ngidi also impressed, massive spell he bowled yesterday. I expected more from Olivier after he has been lighting up the domestic competition, he looked military medium at times, I will gladly see him make way for Anna (Nortje) when the latter is fit. Poor Kesh didn't have a massive role to play in this series, but he remains a vital member of our bowling attack. Our batting had me worried, and if we look at the 1st innings scores I think that was proven to be justified. Markram has a lot of expectation resting on hits shoulders and so it should after he lead the juniors to WC glory. Darryl Cullinan made a good point - maybe we should slide him down the order where his attacking nature can be more suited and invite Pieter Malan - who had done nothing wrong when given the opportunity - to open the batting for us. But if we slide Markram down the order, who do we leave out? Maybe Markram should be asked to earn his spot back, is that not maybe the best option? Elgar is never going to be pretty, but he is a streetfighter and we NEED someone like him leading this team forward, this is not even negotiable in my view. KP - slowly finding his feet, and boy did he do well in this crunch game! Consistent performances amidst an average batting lineup ensured he deservedly got the player-of-the series award. I like the look of him, Hamza was in there for a while but he couldn't cut the mustart, so well done to KP for grabbing the chance. Rassie/Temba did OK, not great, but OK. Rassie has the makings of a fine test batsman, steely determination, if he gets a better platform maybe we will see the best of him. Temba unfortunately doesn't look like a number 5 that can dominate a bowling attack like a Steve Waugh did, or even the late Hansie Cronje. For me, number 4 and 5 should be guys that can get in and score big runs, and I just don't get that vibe from Temba. He doesn't lack the heart though, which is something that is also valuable of course. Keyle Verreyne; well he was solid behind the stumps the little that I saw. He will unfortunately need time to find his own mojo in this side. All in all, what an impressive TEAM performance as Elgar mentioned during the post match presentation. Lots of potential and it's just great to see the guys finally get on the park to play some cricket with all the BS that's been going on behind the scenes. Well done to our boys! The Protea Fire is not dead yet... On the whole DRS/Kohli issue I will quote our friend DJ Cullinan once again: "for too long Virat has got away with behaviour that is unacceptable" - or something to that effet. Kohli is nothing short of an arrogant so-and-so and he likes to moan when things dont go their way. Pujara or whoever it was complaining that its 11 players against a nation, and thats correct, thats the way it should be when you play an away series. What the hell does he think happens when we play in a packed Mumbai Kolkata Stadium with 80000 rampant Indian fans cheering on the home team? What idiots... the Indians are the WORST losers in the modern game, even worse than the convicts with their sandpaper! And low and behold, no action to be taken against the Indians... Now you see @Shebeen ??? https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sa-vs-india-3rd-test-no-formal-charges-filed-against-india-for-newlands-drs-bust-up-1296994

I agree

The poms dont have the arsenal to win this Ashes. Poor captaincy, poor team selection, poor fielding, weak batting line-up.

I hope you are right. Maybe I am expecting a little too much of him, given that he has the CORRECT surname. One can dream I suppose... Masekind is really crap, just goes to show what money can do. Same goes for Lance just-Strolling-around.

ja-no, even in jest, this is a stupid thing to say.

another one of those typical british pundits, I feel the same about Jackie Stewart. here's a question: with F1 cars being so low to the ground, do you drive OVER someone or UNDER someone in a hit and run? asking for a friend...

lastly for me the disappointment of the season must be Schummi Jnr, sadly.

oh and can someone please slap Nico Rosberg off of the tv for me please, ffs....

he decided to spice things up apparently...

I woke up this morning with a smile when I remembered 44 did NOT win the championship.

but he is the prodigal son, and somehow he has already earned the right to have an opinion on anything and everything, are we surprised? I'm putting this out there: there is no way they will allow Georgie Porgie to challenge 44 until 44 has secured his 8th title. Valteri Bottas wasn't a slower driver, his car was slower. for me the highlight of the season is Sainz finishing ahead of Le Frog in the driver's champs. Never liked the Frogman, moans just about as much as 44. I think Sainz is my new favorite driver. #foreverferrari and then there is this: goodbye legend, you gave us our last title.

corrected that for you

Thank f....k that gate was closed when we got there...

personally I don't think that would be a good move: most of the people that I know that are members of the Botties Trails ride there on a daily basis, with the odd excursion out to Jonkies; to then pay R2000 plus for that would make no sense in my opinion. I wouldn't go for that, unless the option is to have a localised permit aside from the all inclusive permit. I would still only buy the localised permit as I am literally 5mins from the trails and I'm happy to pay the daily rate whenever I go to Dirtopia/Jonkies/wherever.

@christovdw and myself did this bastard last year, its a beach of a climb... 3 hrs up, 20mins down...

“It was a pitch with a lot of grass on it,” said Ambrose. “It was a difficult pitch to bat on. It was conducive to fast bowling, and I was really on top of the Australians. Steve Waugh got 60-odd in the first innings and he played very well. On a normal day that could have been 150. But he was struggling, playing and missing a lot and he got frustrated. One of my teammates told me as I was walking back, because I’d given him a stare, and then I go back to my mark, and one of my teammates told me ‘Steve Waugh said to “Eff off”, or “Eff off and get back to my mark”, or something along those lines. But honestly I didn’t hear him.” It was only after the interval that Ambrose’s anger bubbled over. “After the break, I bowled at him again and he kept missing. So as I follow through, something snapped in me” he said. “I asked him the question, ‘Did you swear at me?’ And he didn’t say yes, he didn’t say no, he just said “I can say whatever I want to say” and that to me was a yes. And that’s when all hell broke loose. And I said to him, ‘I don’t have to play cricket, I have no career left, I will knock you out right here and now. And if they ban me, I don’t really care.’ But of course I didn’t say it that gently, there were a few expletives in between. I was really heated.” https://wisden.com/stories/curtly-ambrose-didnt-hear-steve-waugh-comment-that-nearly-sparked-punch-up

HAHAHA! Gotta love Sir Curtly! Edit: You know that guy is a real gentle giant. Didn't often see him p-ed off, except for that one time at band camp (Port of Spain) against a certain Mr Waugh... joh that was rof. Test Cricket at its finest!

put it in my bidon?

kids these days wont know what that pic is about

jis I didn't even see that, and to think this was handed out at a church golf day as part of a local law firm's goody bag! mmm, I have an idea...

Can someone please explain to me what in the hell this is? It formed part of a goodie bag at a golf day I played in last week…

hell no... I wish...

All of a sudden I'm worried about an incident in 2005 where I sent an England U/19 batsmen to the shower with some directions as to how to wash his hair after I cleaned him up. My English team mates were pissing themselves because they thought the shower gesture above my head had something to do with monkeys (they thought I was going off in Afrikaans). Needless to say when I came in to bat without a helmet, I could park off comfortably on the back foot; the good old days... beers after the game was par for the course. What happens in the middle stays in the middle. Jeez, only time in my life I was given a warning was in England, second ball of the innings I sent one past the batsman's ears and the local umpire warned me for intimidating bowling.... I said wtf its not like he's a number 11 batsman, plus you're allowed 2 short balls in an over. He just stood there and said, first warning. I gave my skippers a hard time that's for sure And this coming from the country that introduced Body Line to the game... JASS how I miss those years...