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India celebrate Twenty20 win

Indian cricketers return as heroes

Wednesday, 26th September 2007 at 3:21 pm

It might seem a crazy statement right now, but Feverpitcher is very happy not to be an Indian cricketer. Mahendra Dhoni and his world-conquering Twenty20 squad have returned home, and India has gone suitably berserk, showering the squad in praise, …

Misbah ul Haq

Misbah ul Haq’s recurring nightmare

Tuesday, 25th September 2007 at 2:58 pm

There are moments in sport that will never leave us as fans - dropped catches, missed penalties, fumbled passes. And then there are those that will never leave the professionals - Jeff Wilson will never forget that tackle by George …

Nathan Bracken

Feverpitcher pin-ups: Nathan Bracken

Sunday, 23rd September 2007 at 3:10 pm

It’s an occasional series, throwing up the odd image that strays across Feverpitcher’s desk with a certain aesthetic flourish. Feverpitcher pin-ups has given you the likes of Gurthro Steenkamp and Lurker Fleming; now, we present another of sporting star who …

South Africa

So far, so good for South Africa

Tuesday, 18th September 2007 at 4:29 pm

If the West Indies World Cup was a dismal failure, then the World Twenty20 is proving the exact opposite: electric cricket, surpise results, belligerent crowds, and an overall injection of life the game desperately needed. Zimbabwe’s win over Australia competes …

Natural Born Hitters

Natural Born Hitters: smokin’…

Friday, 14th September 2007 at 11:36 pm

The adverts have added a quirky touch to local television; now, Standard Bank’s Natural Born Hitters campaign has introduced a particularly eye-catching billboard to back up sponsorship of 20-over cricket. You may well have already spotted one of them: billowing …

Elton Chigumbura

Zimbabwe stun Australia

Thursday, 13th September 2007 at 7:53 am

Older fans will remember 1983, and a famous World Cup win inspired by Duncan Fletcher; that was the last time that Zimbabwe had beaten Australia in a cricket match beyond the realm of a Sony Playstation. 24 long years… until …