Archive for April, 2007


Brian Charles Lara

Brian Charles Lara calls it a day

Sunday, 22nd April 2007 at 2:11 pm

Trust Kevin Pietersen to be the one to spoil Brian Lara’s farewell appearance, running the West Indian skipper out, before making a match-winning hundred (at least Duncan Fletcher got a victory in his last match). But while a flamboyant Lara …

Damien Hourquebie

Cricket’s great left-handers

Sunday, 22nd April 2007 at 1:24 pm

Brian Lara’s farewell on Saturday against England added another legendary left-hander to the list of cricket’s greats to have departed the game, with the last twenty-odd years having seen every country produce some magical left-handed talent. Gower for England, Langer …

Makhaya Ntini bowling

No Ntini? Unthinkable

Thursday, 19th April 2007 at 11:08 am

He’s one of the country’s most popular sportsmen, the quickest bowler in the squad, and a proven match-winner with the ball. Leaving out Makhaya Ntini for the England game, then, was one almighty gamble on the part of South Africa. …

John Daly

The Goose, Long John and the Big Easy

Thursday, 19th April 2007 at 10:40 am

This week’s BMW Asian Open in Shanghai has attracted quite a field, illustrating the increasingly strong influence Asia is having on the European Tour (Tour events in continental Europe are now the exception, rather than the norm). John Daly, the …

Dan sleeping at the Epic

Bicycling Magazine goes tabloid

Wednesday, 18th April 2007 at 7:02 pm

Once upon a time, Bicycling Magazine was an upstanding publication of unquestionable moral virtue. Then along came Ryan Lipkin Scott, moderately successful London-based self help guru (Bob Skinstad amongst his clients), who somehow talked Touchline Media into making him marketing …

South Africa under-19

SA under-19 one win away

Wednesday, 18th April 2007 at 6:48 pm

When they lost to France ( a defeat that got cursory attention, given the Super 14/World Cup/Shosholoza focus), the under-19 side South Africa had sent to the World Championship in Belfast looked set for an early return. But the loss …