Archive for August 13th, 2007


Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney puts his foot in it

Monday, 13th August 2007 at 6:44 pm

Is Wayne Rooney the new Mfuneko Ngam? Alright, so it’s not the first analogy that springs to mind, but South Africa’s perenially injured fast bowler (who is now made of 70% water, and 30% sticky tape) is being mirrored by …

Graeme Smith

Jacques Kallis dropped? World’s gone mad…

Monday, 13th August 2007 at 5:58 pm

Not long to go until the Twenty20 World rolls into South Africa; reminder of that this weekend, with the South African squad being named. One or two minor surprises - no Boeta Dippenaar, depriving us of flamboyant 85-ball knocks of …

Jacqui Turner and Svetlana Maltski

Cape Town fans launch McLaren club

Monday, 13th August 2007 at 5:36 pm

Every now and then an email floats across Feverpitcher’s desktop that catches the eye; cue our support, after a brief flurry of correspondence, for Cape Town’s new McLaren fan club, launched by diehard McLaren fans Jacqui Turner and Svetlana Maltski. …

Boland line up Lions in Absa Currie Cup

Monday, 13th August 2007 at 5:24 pm

The little guys are often the tricky guys in the Absa Currie Cup, particularly when the bigger guys are shorn of top players by Springbok selection — which is exactly why Conrad Burke was quite so enthusiastic last week in …

Carlo Scott

Sundowns set to clean up again

Monday, 13th August 2007 at 5:17 pm

Another season upon us - the last one barely finished - and already Sundowns are looking set to terrorise the rest of the league. Patrice Motsepe’s hobby have a couple of titles in the bag already over the last two …

Cheetahs versus Bulls

Cheetahs keep rolling on

Monday, 13th August 2007 at 4:53 pm

Can anyone stop them? The Cheetahs-Bulls clash was supposed to be the game that really pushed a Free State side imperious thus far in the Absa Currie Cup. The result? A rampant Cheetahs performance, and a strong suggestion that it’ll …