 RIP Martin Bentley
The Kenyan Cricket fraternity is in mourning following the death of Rift Valley Cricket Association Chairman Martin Bentley, who died suddenly over the weekend. Read full blog |
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 Gut feeling we're in for a SA-India final
The semifinal lineup at the Champions Trophy is a fair reflection of the tournament so far. Read full blog |
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 Week 3
I wonder how many more press conferences Gary Kirsten has left? Hundreds, I would bet – but not many more as head coach of the Proteas. Read full blog |
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 Some great cricket and a slice of luck
We’re just a couple of days out from our ICC Champions Trophy semifinal against England. Read full blog |
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Kenya's Scottish mission
The Kenyan men’s team will jet off to the UK later this month for their series against Scotland in Aberdeen Read full blog |
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 Making a difference
Wednesday morning proved to be a very emotional event this week. Read full blog |
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 Selection continuity yielding benefits
The benefits of consistent selection are evident in the way that Ryan McLaren has performed once given a good run in the Proteas one-day side. Read full blog |
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Learning from our India mistakes
It’s great to be reporting back on what was a crucial victory over Pakistan – basically, one that has kept us in the ICC Champions Trophy. Read full blog |
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Proteas live to fight another day
The Proteas will be delighted by their performance against Pakistan at Edgbaston during the Champions Trophy. It was a must win match for AB de Villiers and his charges and they came up trumps. Read full blog |
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Week 2
Last year’s tour of England was so long I made the decision to buy a car! Second-hand cars are absurdly cheap in the UK – clearly the island is flooded with them. Read full blog |
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Proteas need to clear the confusion
The Proteas were well under par against India in the first match of the Champions Trophy. It was a disappointing performance that lacked a clear strategy as well as clarity of thought. Read full blog |
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We have the talent, but we need backing
Kenya's under 19s, under the tutelage of legendary Kenyan cricketer Steve Tikolo, managed to reach the finals of the under-19's ICC Africa World Cup qualifier, but they failed to get over the line. Read full blog |
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Warm-up flop a good reminder
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind travel-wise with the last week or so made up of a trip from India to Amsterdam to England, and now I find myself in Cardiff ahead of our opening ICC Champions Trophy game against India. Read full blog |
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No room for slip-ups
In these times of such extensive media coverage, it is fair to say that just about everybody is under the scanner and unable to escape scrutiny should it be directed their way. Read full blog |
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Week 1
It’s a hard one to explain, but there was undoubtedly an air of ‘flatness’ in the squad before the India game. Perhaps it was the defeat to Pakistan in the warm-up game. Whatever. Read full blog |
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Umpiring deficiencies are a concern
The umpires that will be standing in the Champions Trophy seem to be a pretty good bunch with some excellent performers among them, but I doubt if anyone can dispute that in some quarters the standards have slipped over the last years Read full blog |
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Duminy back with a bang
The good news for the Proteas is that JP Duminy is back with a bang. Read full blog |
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Champions Trophy challenges await
A not unexpected emphatic victory in the second test has provided England with a couple of important pointers of significance for the upcoming months. Read full blog |
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Goodbye India, now on to Champs Trophy
I’m writing this from a hotel room in Delhi, the night after the IPL final. Having been delayed in Kolkata for a couple of hours, I eventually found my way to Delhi, and now I have a 3am flight to Amsterdam to look forward to! Read full blog |
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Where to now for the IPL?
The Indian Premier League, as if there was not enough going on in the news, ended with another bombshell as Mumbai Indians won the trophy for the first time. The Little Master, Sachin Tendulkar, suddenly announced in a flash interview that he had played his last IPL match. Read full blog |
