Amla attack
South Africa have turned up in India with a plethora of players who are simply not that good. Not all of them are quota selections. The Dean Jones suspected terrorist Amla is chief in point. The dude...
View ArticleIndia served like a japanese turkey
This is my kind of test match. Destruction. Carnage. Ganguly facing two balls. India’s top orders being sliced open like an anime character on Christmas morning, whatever that means. This is test...
View Articlethe plot thickens
The Evil Morne Morkel charges in, while his white cat is being held by his equally evil non Albino twin brother Albie. He strikes three times at the jugular, cutting India down and ending the innings...
View ArticleMorne Morkel loses his superpower
In England Dale Steyn didn’t fire. And the press didn’t seem to care. They had Morne Morkel, the commentators were madly in love with him. There was alot to like, tall, fast, and hard to play. But...
View Articlesupervillian drops the white cat on its head
Morne has done it again. Everytime I watch him bowl of late he is in the middle of the worst over ever. Today his over had a happy ending. But before that it went for 3 fours and a no ball before some...
View ArticleSnape takes stock
“When I speak to a player – Morne Morkel, say – I tell him that he is the managing director of Morne Morkel Limited, and that everything he does, whether it be training, nutrition, or mental...
View ArticleMittens in charge
That isn’t a typo, or a hallucination from too much licking cricket pads, Ashwell ‘Mittens’ Prince is back, and captain. Neil McKenzie dropped. Morne Morkel dropped. Graeme Smith Johnsoned. Albie...
View Articleballs profile: Morne Morkel
There was a time when Morne Morkel was thought of as a potential all rounder, now he bats at 11. He reminds me of a German shepherd I once owned. It was a big strong animal that would scare anyone...
View ArticleMorne the Hippo
Morne Morkel has always interested me. There’s something about him that makes me think Boris Karloff would have loved to play him in a film. There’s a large loveable flawed silent monster feel to him....
View Articlesurviving Mornzilla
Short ball. Ribs. 40.6. Morne Morkel bowled two of his first three balls to Clarke full. He bowled all three over the wicket. That was a massive waste of time and effort. That over didn’t start when...
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