Haze's Comment

• Marking time (30 January 2012)
• The finger tweaker is back (27 January 2012)
• Captaincy comparisons (17 January 2012)
• Kallis.......Lucky us (10 January 2012)
• Pitch battles (24 December 2011)
• Philander is making a Hogg of himself (20 December 2011)
• The carrom ball demystified (11 December 2011)
• Tough times are looming for Sri Lanka (06 December 2011)
• What's in a name? Plenty if you're Sri Lankan! (30 November 2011)
• The teenage assassin (25 November 2011)
• A strike zone is needed for DRS (15 November 2011)
• No ifs and Butts (07 November 2011)
• It should have been trophy time (31 October 2011)
• Big boys come out at night (26 October 2011)
• The Gayle/Warner effect (09 October 2011)
• Satisfying stuff (06 October 2011)
• Thunderbirds are go! (26 September 2011)
• Sachin's suggestion (22 September 2011)
• It's time for the ICC to act on DRS (05 September 2011)
• Spin City in Sri Lanka (31 August 2011)
• Australian cricket slammed (20 August 2011)
• Astounding views on technological assistance (08 August 2011)
• Hot Spot whatnot (03 August 2011)
• Swing when you're winning (30 July 2011)
• Statistics can be misleading and mind-numbing (27 July 2011)
• Spin shootout could decide the series (19 July 2011)
• The truth about ball-tracking technology (10 July 2011)
• Test cricket must change (05 July 2011)
• Dhoni no-ball outrage (02 July 2011)
• Tennis anyone?.....DRS everyone? (27 June 2011)
• How do they get it so wrong? (23 June 2011)
• Blitz is back (06 June 2011)
• Time to re-assess the IPL (31 May 2011)
• Rolling back the years (25 May 2011)
• The world's most stunning cricket ground (20 May 2011)
• Dhoni – the Ice Man (11 May 2011)
• The near queue or the far queue? (07 May 2011)
• Raising the IPL bar (03 May 2011)
• A right royal occasion... twice! (29 April 2011)
• Dodgy Dodger dealings (27 April 2011)
• The choking phenomenon (18 April 2011)
• Sachin was out says Ajmal....I say he wasn't (05 April 2011)
• Controlled progress impresses (21 March 2011)
• Not so Super Sunday (07 March 2011)
• BLOG: Cull the minnows... and stop the bleeding! (22 February 2011)
• My World Cup predictions (17 February 2011)
• Twitterverse reverse (05 February 2011)
• Selective thinking hampers optimism (23 January 2011)
• Review stalemate....A solution perhaps? (10 January 2011)
• A river runs through it...... (23 December 2010)
• The Lion of Lahore (12 December 2010)
• A star-studded performance (24 November 2010)
• An early wake-up call (15 November 2010)
• Never say never (01 November 2010)
• Desert Storm (31 October 2010)
• The duel in the desert (24 October 2010)
• Tackling cricket on planet America (18 October 2010)
• The clock is ticking for Pakistan (04 October 2010)
• Tweets, twits and twaddle (20 September 2010)
• Say it ain't so... (08 September 2010)
• Dodging danger in Dambulla.... (27 August 2010)
• Sehwag was robbed... (18 August 2010)
• Umpires Review Decision System is flawed..... (08 August 2010)
• Where were you? (26 July 2010)
• Come in spinner....... (15 July 2010)
• Papering over the cracks...... (05 July 2010)
• Blattered and bruised...and totally confused (23 June 2010)
• World Cup crazy in Dubai...... (12 June 2010)
• Mistaken identity.... it's happened again! (03 June 2010)
• Destination USA....open for cricket business (26 May 2010)
• The challenge for South Africa (17 May 2010)
• Foolproof guidelines for T20 success... (04 May 2010)
• Happy Sunny days (20 April 2010)
• IPL 3 - Printing money...... (09 April 2010)
• How the IPL owners get return on investments.... (27 March 2010)
• Let the Mongoose loose.... (19 March 2010)
• IPL ..... Bucking the trend (09 March 2010)
• The need for speed ..... (01 March 2010)
• Hashim.... the peaceful warrior (19 February 2010)
• Aggressive intent the key ... (10 February 2010)
• Greenbacks & quarterbacks (02 February 2010)
• Cricket, coffee....and Angelina Jolie (21 January 2010)
• A novel idea..... (12 January 2010)
• Happy New Beer..... (03 January 2010)
• Umpires decision review needs urgent review decision.... (23 December 2009)
• Makhaya: from zero to hero (15 December 2009)
• So how's my luck?!! (07 December 2009)
• Winning ugly (23 November 2009)
• The umpire who cheated death .... (17 November 2009)
• Will they never learn? (05 November 2009)
• The worst case of mistaken identity ever in the world.... (28 October 2009)
• Treading a familiar path in Bangalore ...... (15 October 2009)
• From one champion to another... (07 October 2009)
• Champions trophy report card........ (30 September 2009)
• We meet again ...... (21 September 2009)
• Cricket's superpower arrives (11 September 2009)
• Contrasting cricket (03 September 2009)
• Tough Tillakaratne (24 August 2009)
• Monkey business (07 August 2009)
• A long distance trunk call (27 July 2009)
• Finger trouble (20 July 2009)
• Hero Herath..... (10 July 2009)
• Instinctive cricket rules (01 July 2009)
• Arthur or Martha... (15 June 2009)
• More to come……. (03 June 2009)
• Window shopping (21 May 2009)
• IPL 2 ….. phase 2 (11 May 2009)
• Kamran Khan….from zero to hero (29 April 2009)
• This IPL is a different ball game (20 April 2009)
• Direct exposure (11 April 2009)
• Backyard cricket at its best ...... (02 April 2009)
• Princely return…… (23 March 2009)
• A new path…… (12 March 2009)
• Evil has arrived …. (03 March 2009)
• Tuesday, 17 February, 2009 (23 February 2009)
• Exposed again... (09 February 2009)
• Super bowl time ........in more ways than one!!!!! (28 January 2009)
• Jaw dropping courage... (17 January 2009)
• A victory for decency …… (06 January 2009)
• Sleepless in Miami.......and Durban (22 December 2008)
• Senior moments........... (11 December 2008)
• Captain’s call (28 November 2008)
• Innings declared (17 November 2008)
• Hungry for success...... (06 November 2008)
• Beefy's crusade (22 October 2008)
• Junkyard dog ….. (13 October 2008)
• 20 + 20 = Plenty. (02 October 2008)
• Getting your ducks in a row........ (19 September 2008)
• The zone... (08 September 2008)
• Sucker punch ……!!! (26 August 2008)
• Hurricane watch..... (18 August 2008)
• 'Bouncebackability' at its best ……. (04 August 2008)
• Camera cameos...... (24 July 2008)
• Rules of engagement........ (17 July 2008)
• Watching like a hawk.... (09 July 2008)
• A distinct lack of vision ………. (25 June 2008)
• Just do it...... (16 June 2008)
• Miami madness …….. (06 June 2008)
• Yankee panky.... (25 May 2008)
• Surprise party …….. (15 May 2008)
• A slow puncture..... (05 May 2008)
• The game has evolved (25 April 2008)
• Saturdays were Super..... (15 April 2008)
• Don't sack Mac.........again!!!! (01 April 2008)
• Animal Instincts.......... (24 March 2008)
• Rebel Yell …………… (10 March 2008)
• Revolution or solution….. (03 March 2008)
• Rely on Eli... (22 February 2008)
• Why?? (12 February 2008)
• Professional progress ……. (01 February 2008)
• Cricket on planet America!!! (23 January 2008)
• Sense and sensibility (15 January 2008)
• Mac's back.... (03 January 2008)
• Slinging heat (23 December 2007)
• Sick Vick …… (14 December 2007)
• King Kumar......... (08 December 2007)
• Band of brothers…. (26 November 2007)
• Havana day to remember in Cuba.. (14 November 2007)
• Who am I??? (03 November 2007)
• Chasing the game..... (25 October 2007)
• Delayed as live.... (16 October 2007)
• A marked man.... (05 October 2007)
• A sign of the times..... (25 September 2007)
• 20/20 Strategy..... (12 September 2007)
• 20 + 20 = season recovery.... (29 August 2007)
• Blown away………. (21 August 2007)
• Artificial bonding (11 August 2007)
• Bermuda Triangle.... or bust! (05 August 2007)
• Seat 20F ….. (25 July 2007)
• On ya bike mate…… (16 July 2007)
• Show me the money…… (10 July 2007)
• White line fever...... (29 June 2007)
• Courtney's consternation (22 June 2007)
• Ford declines …. (11 June 2007)
• Donald Ducks…… (30 May 2007)
• Taking the Mickey..... (23 May 2007)
• Murder mayhem….. (14 May 2007)
• Black Saturday…… (30 April 2007)
• Bring it on….. (23 April 2007)
• Cheers guys.... !!!! (18 April 2007)
• Red letter Day.......... (09 April 2007)
• Tickets please... ... (31 March 2007)
• Game on……. (21 March 2007)
• Spin City….. (16 March 2007)
• A thinking man's World Cup……. (05 March 2007)
• False start…… (25 February 2007)
• Senior moments ……. (13 February 2007)
• Super Sunday........... (01 February 2007)
• Wake up and smell the coffee... (19 January 2007)
• A scoop of humour………. (11 January 2007)
• Lost in translation….. (30 December 2006)
• Driving Miss Gertrude.... (16 December 2006)
• Denial is not just a river in Africa (05 December 2006)
• The bloodlines have been drawn... (29 November 2006)
• Dishwater.......!! (19 November 2006)
• Hello Miami..... (12 November 2006)
• Cheers guys! (30 October 2006)
• Pitch battles (16 October 2006)
• Bad Hair day (04 October 2006)
• Let's look into the ICC Champions Trophy (24 September 2006)
• Balls to it all.... (07 September 2006)
• Hair trigger..... (30 August 2006)
• Stanford sizzles (20 August 2006)
• Silence is golden...most times! (08 August 2006)
• Silence is golden - most times! (08 August 2006)
• Stanford's 20/20 vision (01 August 2006)
• Lanky ambition (17 July 2006)
• Stalemate and checkmate (09 July 2006)
• A load of Ballacks... (03 July 2006)
• White line fever... ... (26 June 2006)
• Cat…astrophic viewing (15 June 2006)
• Flair game… (02 June 2006)
• Lara’s theme……. (26 May 2006)
• Cheers……. (22 May 2006)
• Bucking the system… (14 May 2006)
• Dan's the man... (27 April 2006)
• Now is the time to challenge the system......... (20 April 2006)
• Langer the Lionheart… (07 April 2006)
• Nel needs advice … (30 March 2006)
• A Lucky break …… (23 March 2006)
• In a spin...in more ways than one... (15 March 2006)
• Shock horror ..... (09 March 2006)
• Mirror, mirror on the pitch (01 March 2006)
• Selective thinking ... (17 February 2006)
• Compounded captaincy........ (10 February 2006)
• Bin the innovations ........ (03 February 2006)
• Celebrate your talent......... (26 January 2006)
• Bizarre employment options (16 January 2006)
• Umpires in decline? (06 January 2006)
• Kerry's package (30 December 2005)
• Fight Club (21 December 2005)
• What happened to brave cricket? (09 December 2005)
• The Garden of Eden (27 November 2005)
• Raining Supreme in Chennai (22 November 2005)
• Bring it on….. (11 November 2005)
• Spot the difference…… (03 November 2005)
• Timed out....incorrectly (27 October 2005)
• Let's go upstairs ... (14 October 2005)
• World XI woes. (06 October 2005)
• Opportunity knocks (28 September 2005)
• Thanks Richie... (15 September 2005)
• Australia in decline? (03 September 2005)
• Why...? (24 August 2005)
• Battling batting blues (12 August 2005)
• The fox and a crowe (26 July 2005)
• Ashes to Ashes...... (18 July 2005)
• Outthought, outgunned, outplayed (08 July 2005)
• Hotspots provide the challenge (01 July 2005)
• Phoney Technology (20 June 2005)
• Who wants to be a fast bowler? (10 June 2005)
• Last man standing (02 June 2005)
• Mickey's Mantle (20 May 2005)
• Emotions are running high (09 May 2005)
• On the right track (01 May 2005)
• Captain's log - Barbados (22 April 2005)
• A Ray of hope (11 April 2005)
• Out of jail (05 April 2005)
• Bye bye Shep (28 March 2005)
• Windies blow hot and cold (21 March 2005)
• A not so silly point! (10 March 2005)
• Settle..... Settle. (02 March 2005)
• The sounds of summer (17 February 2005)
• For Kevin’s sake…… (07 February 2005)
• It's as easy as A ... B ... See! (26 January 2005)
• A letter from a desperate friend (10 January 2005)
• Barmy Army on the charge (02 January 2005)
• The Day Jackman was bugged (16 December 2004)
• Selective thinking (07 December 2004)
• Kanpur on a shoe string budget (25 November 2004)
• Food for thought (15 November 2004)
• Spinning out of control (04 November 2004)
• The perfect stick-away (20 October 2004)
• From Pup to Pedigree (08 October 2004)
• Meet the criteria (28 September 2004)
• The one that got away (20 September 2004)
• Tall Protea syndrome (07 September 2004)
• Relax and back yourselves (25 August 2004)
• It’s time to dig deep…facts are missing (16 August 2004)
• On tour in Sri Lanka (07 August 2004)
• Brace yourself! (27 July 2004)
• It's not about the bike (15 July 2004)
• Pommie bashing (05 July 2004)
• Tough selection calls needed (28 June 2004)
• Good luck Bob! (18 June 2004)
• Why??????? (04 June 2004)
• Murali in a spin! (21 May 2004)
• Spin doctor in rehab (12 May 2004)
• Pro20... Action satisfaction guaranteed (04 May 2004)
• To throw or not to throw.... that is the question (20 April 2004)
• Full throttle cricket (12 April 2004)
• The ringmaster (30 March 2004)
• Simon says (19 March 2004)
• Testing times ahead (08 March 2004)
• Fleming comes up trumps (01 March 2004)
• The Rawalpindi Express is on track (22 February 2004)
• Keep the Kiwi extinct (09 February 2004)
• Hookes - a senseless waste (27 January 2004)
• Just Plain Haysie's Top 25 (15 January 2004)
• Heroes deserve better (09 January 2004)
• SA heroes deserve better (09 January 2004)
• Red alert (30 December 2003)
• Get cozy with 'Coze' (19 December 2003)
• Keeping up with the Joneses (05 December 2003)
• Zimbabwe cricket no longer Streaky (29 November 2003)
• Lashings of Lara (18 November 2003)
• Media mayhem (10 November 2003)
• Fit as a butcher's dog (03 November 2003)
• Gass men gagged! (20 October 2003)
• Dennis the menace (14 October 2003)
• Big Brother in Pakistan (09 October 2003)
• Full throttle (01 October 2003)
• Packing for Pakistan (24 September 2003)
• Crocodile tears (15 September 2003)
• National pride restored (09 September 2003)
• Destined to lead (01 September 2003)
• Two slips and a p... (18 August 2003)
• Lofty ambitions (11 August 2003)
• Smithy... you beauty (04 August 2003)
• Calamitous Klusener (30 July 2003)
• The cycle must turn (21 July 2003)
• Percentage cricket was needed (14 July 2003)
• Live to dream (07 July 2003)
• Waqar calls the tune (23 June 2003)
• Brand of brothers (16 June 2003)
• Be strong and go for strength (09 June 2003)
• The wheels have come off (03 June 2003)
• Swing when you're winning (27 May 2003)
• Badge of honour (19 May 2003)
• Waugh of words (12 May 2003)
• The light side of cricket (01 May 2003)
• Navjot is back! (21 April 2003)
• Smithy and the boys are missing a Truck! (07 April 2003)
• War games (27 March 2003)
• Polly-Filla to cover the cracks (17 March 2003)
• Don't duck the issue (06 March 2003)
• SuperSport Action (24 February 2003)
• Public Warning (17 February 2003)
• Not what the doctor ordered (13 February 2003)
• Madiba magic? (04 February 2003)
• Kiwi power (30 January 2003)
• Cricket at the cross roads (21 January 2003)
• Nasser's catch phrase (14 January 2003)
• Waugh hero (07 January 2003)
• Just plain Haysie's hit Parade (23 December 2002)
• Going Bananas!!! (09 December 2002)
• Smell the leather.....and the salts! (03 December 2002)
• Barbed wire cricket (25 November 2002)
• 'Pommy bashing' (20 November 2002)
• Empty stands make the least noise (14 November 2002)
• An open letter to a couple of my 'Pommy' mates (05 November 2002)
• Warning! warning! (30 October 2002)
• Hero Hayden (21 October 2002)
• A devastating spell of quick bowling (09 October 2002)
• Murder he said!!!! (30 September 2002)
• A catch 22 situation (24 September 2002)
• You need eyes like a hawk (17 September 2002)
• Elite umpires have double vision (10 September 2002)
• 15 Minutes of Fame (26 August 2002)
• Birthday Bonus (20 August 2002)
• The boys fire up (13 August 2002)
• SA off to the unknown (05 August 2002)
• Jonty v Jeter? No contest (30 July 2002)
• A load of ball (23 July 2002)
• There's no holding back (12 July 2002)
• The competition hots up (02 July 2002)
• Well done on the union (26 June 2002)
• Where is SA's Player's Union (17 June 2002)
• The choice of the new coach is RECKLESS. (10 June 2002)
• Sort out this 'chucking' saga soon (27 May 2002)
• The Mummy Returns……. (14 May 2002)
• Welcome back Windies! (06 May 2002)
• Hello Barbados! (26 April 2002)
• Damp squib in Guyana (16 April 2002)
• Bring on the rum (08 April 2002)
• These are the things you don't forget (26 March 2002)
• SA Umpires make it big (15 March 2002)
• Yet another surprise . . . (05 March 2002)
• Support the game (26 February 2002)
• SA fans are above such behaviour (26 February 2002)
• Back to basics for the Windies (13 February 2002)
• Greetings from Sharjah - where Big Brother is watching! (06 February 2002)
• Bad umpiring tarnishes spectacle (04 February 2002)
• One could not have written a better script (29 January 2002)
• Superb series undermined by umps (22 January 2002)
• Say it in a song (15 January 2002)
• Here’s to the Jonty and Ricky show (08 January 2002)
• UCB needs to stand up and be counted (31 December 2001)
• Planning, the best strategy (23 December 2001)
• SA must revisit game-plan (19 December 2001)
• Adelaide perfect setting for opening clash (11 December 2001)
• Now the fun begins (03 December 2001)
• SA set dangerous precedent (23 November 2001)
• Time for Lance to stop hiding (09 November 2001)
• Sachin's equipment a big difference (02 November 2001)
• Navjot's nuggets (18 October 2001)
• Keep the fire burning... (09 October 2001)
• Bring back the characters of cricket (03 October 2001)
• Guidelines for aspiring cricketers . . . (21 September 2001)
• The full brunt of 'Flower power' (13 September 2001)
• The ICC has actually done something! (03 September 2001)
• The physiotherapist - an essential cog in the wheel (29 August 2001)
• Tribute to the Physio (29 August 2001)
• Kenyan cricket alive and, well, sadly neglected (21 August 2001)
• An open letter to Allan Donald (13 August 2001)
• The Poms have stuffed it up (07 August 2001)
• Domestic season almost upon us (23 July 2001)
• A history of the Ashes (16 July 2001)
• Aussie demolition job (09 July 2001)
• Nobody better to marshall Gibbs than Morne (02 July 2001)
• Introducing Sam’s Chicken & Rib bats (26 June 2001)
• Let the dogs out! (18 June 2001)
• Time to strike back for the umpires (11 June 2001)
• At last... the naked truth (16 May 2001)
• Windies cascading into steep downward spiral (14 May 2001)
• The flame is still burning (02 May 2001)
• You can't win em all boys (30 April 2001)
• Carnival time in Jamaica (19 April 2001)
• Well done South Africa! (11 April 2001)
• White men can't dance! (06 April 2001)
• The passion is still there, but where’re the quickies? (02 April 2001)
• Donald misses team bus, but still performs (22 March 2001)
• Talk about Hair-line decisions (20 March 2001)
• Holding's protest serves no purpose (15 March 2001)
• So Hooper’s the man and Adams got the bullet. (06 March 2001)
• End of the 'little fella's' magnificent innings (27 February 2001)
• So many questions left unanswered (21 February 2001)
• All bluster and no substance (14 February 2001)
• ICC blueprint urgently required (07 February 2001)
• Woeful Windies must shape up - and fast (30 January 2001)
• Sex, drugs and cricket (23 January 2001)
• South Africa a cut above its opposition (16 January 2001)
• The 'Baggy Shirts' weren't born to run (11 January 2001)
• Thanks for the memories (02 January 2001)
• Pitch a key contributor to test cricket's drama (27 December 2000)
• Thunderbolts can be expected on Boxing day (19 December 2000)
• Ntini encroaches on Lee's territory (13 December 2000)
• Time to give TV umps more clout (06 December 2000)
• Get match-fixing (28 November 2000)
• Match referee puts his foot in it (22 November 2000)
• Something Fishy (14 November 2000)
• The silent destroyer (07 November 2000)
• King Stalemate (01 November 2000)
• Shaken, not stirred (25 October 2000)
• Typewriters please! (16 October 2000)
• Walsh - the silent assassin (12 October 2000)
• LBW decisions - keep them simple umpires! (03 October 2000)