Tag Archives: cricket

Perfect timing

Huge props to England’s cricketers who have timed their demise to perfection so that I can get the end of their Jo’burg ODI out of the way and flick straight to channel 203 for Fiorentina v Liverpool. At one point, it looked as though they were going to allow New Zealand to finish a bit [...]

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Scorchio!

Cape Town seems a bit knackered after this weekend. And who can blame it? The hottest weekend of the year sapped the energy and forced people across the city onto beaches and into swimming pools. And they were still too hot. Some of us (me) were additionally “forced” into the pub on Saturday night and onto the [...]

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Sick of poor decisions

“Where are you?” queried the emails. “What’s going on?” “What must we do?” Such is the awesome and addictive power of 6000 miles…that when I was struck down – pretty heavily struck down, too – by a particularly nasty illness this last week, desperation set in for some readers. But it’s ok. I’m back. And I’ve [...]

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