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/ 26 November 2010
India always attract media and "personality" attention, but Gary Kirsten will have stripped them of all that at his academy in Constantia.
Dale Steyn’s frustration was there for all to see and share on the final day of the first Test against Pakistan in Dubai.
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/ 12 November 2010
The first Test match between Pakistan and SA will be a one-sided walkover with a dispirited Pakistan team rolled over easily.
Herschelle Gibbs was right about one thing during press interviews to promote his biography. The Proteas are in a "good place" at the moment.
The Proteas will almost certainly destroy a disparate Pakistan team during their five ODIs and two Test matches, writes <b>Neil Manthorp</b>.
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/ 22 October 2010
As usual as a World Cup year approaches, the collective focus and attention of the cricket fraternity is on what will happen in several months’ time.
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/ 15 October 2010
Zimbabwe’s cricketers are no longer the skinny nerds who get beach sand kicked in their face by the body builder in front of the girls.
It is an irony of rich proportions that Zimbabwe’s five-match tour of SA should begin on Friday against the backdrop of a financial investigation.
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/ 24 September 2010
Now is the time for the cricketers of the world to unite. They need to shout at the top of their collective voices that they are innocent.
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/ 3 September 2010
The fall of 18-year-old Mohammed Amir into the bookmaker’s predatory hands has seen cricket reach bursting point with money-related issues.
A new format is being tested that may bring some excitement back into the one-day game, writes <b>Neil Manthorp</b>.
CSA’s chief executive, Gerald Majola, gave himself a R1,7-million bonus for the successful running of the IPL and the ICC Champions Trophy.
Cricket lovers who enjoyed the IPL on these shores in 2009 might just be in for a surprise when the Champions League makes its debut in SA.
Something needs to be done to make five-day cricket a more exciting contest, writes <b>Neil Manthorp</b>.
A "choke" in sport is neither a figment of the imagination nor a term of abuse, but rather a serious injury writes <strong>Neil Manthorp</strong>.
Graeme Smith has heard a hundred times about the need for his team to "relax", and Shaun Pollock heard it before him, too.
The Proteas’ laid-back selectors have their work cut out for them.
The astonishing return of Zimbabwe Cricket is being bankrolled by the man labelled a tyrant, writes Neil Manthorp.
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/ 29 January 2010
Graeme Smith says his relationship with the former coach was dragged through the mud and it hurt. Neil Manthorp reports.
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/ 15 January 2010
It’s unfortunate that the Proteas need to wait another nine months for the Pakistani prodigy to join the team, writes Neil Manthorp.
Makhaya Ntini’s omission from the starting XI for the third Test against England was a stark reminder that the Proteas are not an exclusive club.
In an interview with the SABC, Minister of Trade and Industry Alec Erwin responded to our story last week about the inflated value ascribed to many of the offset projects linked to the arms deal. He said: "The Mail & Guardian article was factually inaccurate in a whole range of ways … The figures about a drop in exports are just wrong. We don’t respond to such grossly inaccurate and speculative nonsense."