A Genuine Contest

Isn't it great to see two evenly matched sides thumping away at each other? Well, if they are matched and skilled that is.

Walk On

My timing might be as rusty as Ricky's but having done this image I can't be bothered waiting to see what happens. If Ponting is gone from Test cricket, then I am a little overdue, but if he has a bit more in him I can only hope he keeps "doing his own thing".

It hasn't helped Ponting that while he has struggled, the other grand old men of world cricket, Kallis and Tendulkar, have been playing like men possessed. To be fair, both those guys have had some support from their mates, something that has not been there for the Tasmanian Tantrum.

No Steyn On The Game

I can't help thinking I am missing something.  While I survive on a diet of meaningless domestic T20 and one sided Ashes tests, cricket fans in SA are witnessing a heavy weight title fight of epic proportions.

It must be a great series as it has cricket writers such as Firdose Moonda writing stuff that reads like Neville Cardus and Denzil Batchelor on very strong speed.

Dale Steyn being compared to Claude Monet! So who would be Tendulkar's artist equivalent?

MS Stripped

For no other reason than that I like the pose which seems to sum up the power and control that is Dhoni.

Nobody Said It Was Going To Be Easy

If John Wright thought years of on field sunshine had an aging effect, he is about to find out that coaching the Black Caps can add years in a very short space of time.