The online gathering will be streamed live on Youtube and will feature some of the initiative’s original participants and some new faces with representation from South Africa, England and India. You’ll be able to see us go Live at 7pm (GMT+2 Johannesburg) on my YouTube channel, and if you follow me on social media (icons [...]
It was semi-finals day when I woke up on Tuesday, excited about the prospect of finishing off the HBL Pakistan Super League on a high over the two following days. I felt grateful to be part of such an historic event in Pakistan’s sporting history, and it was great to see how the people of [...]
I had the honour and privilege of sharing the commentary box with cricket legend, Jonty Rhodes, during the first week of the HBL Pakistan Super League. On Saturday night, while it rained in Rawalpindi, I grabbed the opportunity to interview Jonty and talk to him about a range of things, including his recent comments about [...]
For a long time, fans had been reaching out to me to make time to talk cricket with them. Last season, I started the #SixOfTheBest initiative to bring fans closer to the game. We had two wonderful meet-ups, one at Newlands and the other at the Wanderers, where I got to meet some of [...]
#ThrowbackThursday is usually a fun hashtag but today it requires strong will to reflect on a sporting lowlight of 2019. I enjoy talking cricket with fans on social media. Last season, I gathered six fans on two occasions to talk cricket while watching the Proteas play live. It was a truly amazing experience. Then, the [...]
I always intend to blog and then someone asks for French toast and I am back in the kitchen in mom mode. To be honest, I have enjoyed nesting for a few weeks after the end of the cricket season in April, and my three children have been so grateful to have me around. Then I [...]
Ardent Proteas cricket fan, Waseefa, had tweeted me asking me out to coffee after South Africa’s dismal effort against India in the ODI series. I was already on my way back home to Joburg, and said I would definitely make time next time I was in Cape Town. During the Test series between SA and [...]
Great to interact with Teeshay Shah and Sanjana Ganesan on Match Point's Blogosphere over the weekend on a really interesting question: "Have Powerplays become a mere formality, considering that they are not a tactical move any more?” I joined by two colleagues from Sri Lanka, The Island’s sports editor Rex Clementine, and administrator Daniel Alexander, [...]
Well, it sure is a day for podcasts! Enjoyed celebrating Mother's Day on Cliff Central today with my old friend Gareth, who I met when we were 22. It was great to reconnect and share old stories and look at how far we have come. We chatted about how my career started, where my passion [...]
Today marks exactly 25 years since South Africa’s first Test match appearance following their return to international cricket in 1991, in a historic match against West Indies at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, on Thursday, 18 April, 1992. Despite an all-white selection, it was a newly-united South Africa’s first international encounter, and significantly presented our [...]
