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Tag Archives: newlands
Test cricket is still mainly boring
With dropping attendances, bore draws and the huge push towards shorter versions of the game, it was nice to finally see an exciting finish to a 5-day test match yesterday. The second time in three matches in this series, actually. (In the other game, England obviously wiped the floor with sorry SA).
But while the last [...]
2 Comments Also tagged england, south africa, t6000, test cricket Posted in sport, that's a bit mad, this is south africa
Conflicting reports
While the cricket is on at Newlands, News24 have been trying to keep up with the (apparent) final throes* of South African (previously) fast bowler and all-round sporting ambassador, Makhaya Ntini’s test career. With limited success.
One of the great things about internet news sites is that they are updated with every single new piece of information that comes [...]
Quota Moon Photo
Just a quick word from me as I am heading off down to Newlands shortly for the Tri-Nations game between South Africa and Australia. It’s a stunning day in Cape Town and it should be an exciting game between two evenly matched teams. But unless I head off shortly, I’m not going to see it.
So [...]
3 Comments Also tagged Cape Town, moon, quota photo, rugby, tri-nations Posted in flickr, quota photo, sport, this is south africa
At Newlands last night
40,000 turned up last night at a bitterly cold Newlands to watch the Emerging Boks side taken on what was, in truth, a second string British and Irish Lions team. It was cold, stormy, windy, wet, very wet and very cold, but at least there was red wine and brandy on tap.
The Lions’ new defensive [...]

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