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Its up to CA to go back and look into the recent history. If anything, I am impressed with their handling of the matter so far. Perhaps the ICC / various cricket bodies should offer some sort of amnesty and ask players to come forward and disclose information. Then the ICC can use this information in preventing similar offenses, defining undue altering / use of artificial substance (and all the other vague and ambiguous terminology around this matter) and impose a punishment to fit the crime. 3 demerit points and a potential 1 match ban, and only 5 penalty runs added to the opposition score is a joke really. Should results be reviewed? Lets first get a grasp of whether or not this sort of thing is isolated or common, and if players make disclosures under an amnesty or not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Did they confiscate any sandpaper in their hand luggage? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Urgh... ‘Open letters’ are just the pits (never mind that we all want Smith and Co to be dealt with). I never read them, no-one who should ever responds to them and after 2 days we all forget about them. The writer would have been much better served sending a registered letter to CA about his outrage and disappointment. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Saw this on the Twatter. Still giggling. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Nope... one gets you some skeef kyke (like farting in the elevator), the other gets your arse fired (like taking a dump on the boardroom table during the board meeting).

So is using an Asthma pump the same as using a bike with a hidden electric motor? The objectives are exactly the same...

I know very well how working in the ball works, but if it creates a ‘grey area’ in the modern game, take it out. We stick to tradition when it suites us. We don’t play with cork cricket pads anymore, and bats have edges 4 times thicker than 30 years ago. We never get through 90 overs a day anymore because the ball does a full trip around 9 fielders before getting to the bowler. If you need a more even contest between bat and ball, play with the bats we played with 30 years ago rather than allowing players an opportunity to cheat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Perhaps the solution lies in not being allowed to work on the ball at all? Give it to the ump after each over and he’ll wipe it down with a cloth to remove anything from it. We may get through our overs quicker, balls may keep their shape longer and you don’t have to work out where the line is that you shouldn’t cross. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Its one thing to fart in a full elevator at the office on Monday morning, its another to take a sh!t on the boardroom table with a directors meeting in progress. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Yas Marina Circuit Abu Dhabi. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I am nervous as hell for tomorrow’s stage. It promises to be a long hard day out. So far I am very impressed. Registration was a breeze, the shirt and hoodie in the goodie bag with all the Biogen stuffs are all things we can use, dinner was great, the race village is set under shady Oaks on lush green lawn and there is twin ply toilet paper [emoji16]. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I seem to have an A batch seeding [emoji855]. Not sure how that happened. This is going to be interesting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Social media mirrors real life. People participate not to understand YOUR point of view, they participate to voice THEIR point of view. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I’m sure the charities, many who are almost exclusively reliant on the CTCT will love the event to be cancelled, all for less than 0,5% of our DAILY usage. The people calling for the cancellation clearly do not understand how much water 580 million liters a day is compared to 2 million liters. More than 50 million liters are unaccounted for daily through leakages and unmetered use. Residential use is less than half of the 580 million liters a day. Who is using the other half? There are many other “low hanging fruit” to go for before cancelling events. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

So is route markings, refreshment stations, marshaling, etc. PPA provides a database, a seeding system, liability cover and timing (via Racetec). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Legs are still bust after Attakwas, so it was a slooooow ride this morning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I think its a case of ‘slim vang sy baas’. There should be no reason to request a bouncy Wanderers pitch. It usually is. By putting pressure on groundsmen to spice it up even further was uncalled for. We were well on top in this series and by looking to spice up the pitch its turned into a lottery. I get that the Sub Continent has been preparing tailor made pitches for their teams for years and that we wanted to get our own back after the last tour to India, but they have been doing it for decades. This tour is the first one where so much emphasis is being placed on what type of wicket is required. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

St Georges, Buffalo Park and Bloem have historically drawn good test crowds. The Wanderers is by no means looking like the MCG on Boxing Day today... probably because its a dead rubber and mid-week. It would be interesting to see the % attendance per day on all our test venues since readmission. It is often not the number of people, but how close to capacity the venues get that creates the atmosphere. Hearing the band play all day in PE is something special (although I sometimes mute my TV due to their limited repertoire [emoji6]). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

They could have swopped the Wanderers Test with the Aus test at St Georges in March and given Bloem a game against Aus as well. I also don’t think its fair for both Cape Town and Wanderers to get 2 tests each and other big grounds missing out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I want to know who the genius is that schedules test cricket in the Highveld in Jan. Lets see how many sessions are lost to the usual afternoon thunder storm. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

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Here’s my ride report: Dit was [emoji90]hard. Detailed report to follow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

My mtb rides are being logged. Scoring 18% coming down the old DH in Jonkers... Safe Dayz is clearly broken... I thought my run was at least a 85%. Now to take that gap jump and not chicken out again to get it above 90%! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I recall Cook also being in the squad. It would not be fair for Bavuma to be expected to cover opening bat as cover for Elgar and Markram. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Markram is apparently struggling with a niggle, so Cook may possibly come in for him. We can also play the extra batsman and give Morkel / Vern / Maharaj a rest. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro