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    Great domestic sides of the past

    Place a team picture (if you can) and list the squad of any team you rate as a great domestic side of the past. Will start with Eastern Province winning their first First-class title in their history in 1988/89 after joining SA domestic cricket in the 1893/94 season. In so doing ended...
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    *** Official *** County Cricket 2020

    County Championship was set to start on April 12 which is now under a month away. Contingency plans being made for the season due to COVID-19 pandemic : https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28898196/ecb-make-contingency-plans-expectation-domestic-disruption County Ins and Outs ...
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    Hashim Amla retires from international cricket

    What a player. What a person. Good luck with your future. The Mighty # That back-foot punch was dreamy :wub: https://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/Proteas/hashim-amla-retires-from-international-cricket-20190808
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    *** Official *** South African Domestic Season 2019/20

    Like last season might as well just skip the off-season title and get straight into it. CSA Conditioning squad 2019/20
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    *Official* Sri Lanka Tour of South Africa 2019

    Schedule Tests 13-17 February (Durban) 21-25 February (Port Elizabeth) 50-Overs 28 February v SA Inv (Benoni) 3 March (Joburg) 6 March (Centurion) 10 March (Durban) 13 March (Port Elizabeth) 16 March (Cape Town) T20 19 March (Cape Town) 22 March (Centurion) 24 March (Joburg) A few days ago...
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    John Watkins (Currently the oldest living test cricketer)

    Like before him, the previous two (Norman Gordon & Lindsay Tuckett) were South African and fast bowlers too. John Watkins | South Africa Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPNcricinfo Article done by Luke Alfred a year ago and still going strong it seems. 'You just can't take things...
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    "Total Cricket"

    https://www.wisden.com/stories/stats-analysis/analysis-england-total-cricket-tests Thoughts ?
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    Mzansi Super League

    SAs T20 League put together at the last minute with the teams known as
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    Spin bowling in Test & Limited overs cricket

    Remember when finding a good leg-spinner for test cricket was dream world ? But now it seems finger spinners are performing better and are backed more for the longer format ? DRS and the ability to attack the pads with more accuracy. Is this a positive ? How much easier is it for spinners to...
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    Wisden's Top 50 Under 23 Players

    1. Kagiso Rabada (23) South Africa 2. Rashid Khan (20) Afghanistan 3. Aiden Markram (23) South Africa 4. Babar Azam (23) Pakistan 5. Kuldeep Yadav (23) India 6. Rishabh Pant (20) India 7. Kusal Mendis (23) Sri Lanka 8. Matthew Renshaw (22) Australia 9. Lungi Ngidi (22) South Africa 10. Shadab...
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    RIP Colin Bland

    RIP Colin. The first great fieldsmen. Although Russell Endean would probably have a word. https://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/proteas/bland-a-fielder-from-a-different-planet-passes-away-14467090...
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    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2018

    Cape Times SA Report Card
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    *** Official *** South African Domestic Season 2018/19

    Rather just skip the off-season thread and build into next season. As everything posted now is looking forward. The early contractual news at the Knights : https://www.ofm.co.za/article/cricket/259430/miller-de-bruyn-and-de-lange-bid-farewell-to-the-knights South African Academy 2018 squad for...
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    Roger Bannister & Clive van Ryneveld (Atherton article in The Times)

    Great piece in The Times by Athers.
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    Best South African to play test cricket for England ?

    It isn't a bad collection isn't it ? There have been a few others but there are a clear 6 that stood out. The one's included are the one's who spent the majority of the initial part of their lives in SA. So guys like Prior and Strauss are less like the guys below. The answer may seem easy but...
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