Tag: Dale Steyn
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South Africa shoot themselves in the foot
South Africa suffered their first ever home Test series defeat to Sri Lanka this week. It was their first home series defeat to any Asian side. It was their first home series defeat to anyone who isn’t England or Australia. This is a major milestone in South African cricket; a major humiliation, even. Why did […]
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What if Dale Steyn had remained fit?
This week Dale Steyn will become South Africa’s leading Test match wicket taker when he overhauls Shaun Pollock’s record (with whom he is currently level at the time of writing) of 421 wickets. It is a phenomenal achievement by the South African pace bowler who is considered by most as the best bowler the world […]
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Test cricket needs Dale Steyn
The sad news that Dale Steyn will not be part of the South African touring party for their Test and ODI series in England emerged this week and yet it has hardly earned a column inch. With focus seemingly centred very much on India finally confirming their appearance at the Champions Trophy and the imminent […]
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2015 ICC World Cup semi-final New Zealand Vs South Africa
If the quarter-finals were easy to call (even we got all four right), then the semi-finals are anything but. One thing is for certain, there will be a debutant finalist this year; neither New Zealand nor South Africa has ever gone beyond the semi-final stage. A record will be ended. South Africa The Proteas have […]
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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 preview and predictions
So here it is; Cricket World Cup number 11. It promises to be a slow burner, taking a month to build up to the crescendo of the knockout stages, as two pools of seven teams each are whittled down to eight quarter finalists across the cricket grounds of Australia and New Zealand. Pool A England […]
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ICC World Cup 2015 ones to watch – South Africa
One of the most remarkable records in the limited overs game belongs to South Africa – South Africa have never won a knock-out game at a World Cup. Ever. To think of all the talent that they have fielded in cricket’s premier tournament through the years makes this statistic stand out even more. And they […]
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Team of the year 2014
A happy new year to you all from The Cricket Blog! There’s plenty to look forward to, not least in the form a World Cup and an Ashes series. There will, of course, be plenty more besides. 2014 was another enthralling year of cricket, so we shall start the New Year by looking back over […]