Pat Symcox

Black Lives Matter Movement: Lungi Ngidi's comments did not go down well with former South Africa cricketers Rudi Steyn, Pat Symcox and Boeta Dippenaar

Remember the walloping the WI got from Sri Lanka and Pakistan? India is lucky that politics does not allow them to play Pakistan.

Let's all be brutally honest, if Ganguly wasn't captain, he would not even make the team.

If the indaba (meeting) is about cricket and issues that have come to the fore lately, the absence of key players has put its credibility in jeopardy.

The present SA selection panel lacks the credibility to prepare for World Cup 2003.

The current crop need to learn from past successful South African teams, who built their game around a core covenant that included among other things a passion for success, accountability and the ability to adapt.

It has become apparent that the South African selectors have, at times, not adhered to the critical success factors and that their credibility has been compromised.

In the minds of many, the Proteas were going to do battle on an even footing and even beat Australia. They woke up with a huge bump and found their coffee ice cold.

It is hoped that the selectors and administrators are in touch with the realities as well as the requirements that will make the modern professional cricketer perform at his best.

Ford and Boucher need to make it clear that run-scoring is central to the Aussie game plan and that this can be converted to their weakness if the bowlers understand their role clearly at critical, defining moments.

Senior players always need to be isolated when the captain himself is weak. Perhaps why Ganguly is backing Bhajji against Kumble for a team spot.

Ganguly must be careful about his body language, and stop changing the field after almost every delivery. It shows that he's not sure of his strategy.

Touring India is tough enough for veterans, let alone for boys who are still finding their way to county grounds against girl guides and boy scouts.

India's tactical thinking turned to naught. There was little attention to detail and the reading of the match situtation was sometimes totally incorrect.

For too long now, the ICC has had an old school of people out of touch with the game, who justify themselves and flex their muscles using the rules.

It's time Indians realised that Test cricket is all about piling up runs by occupying the crease longer rather than scoring fours in a hurry.

Unless India seek outside help, demons of the mind won't go away so easy. Port Elizabeth too has excessive bounce, and India just lost to Kenya there.

Test cricket is exactly what it says—a test of your ability in its entirety. The first match of a Test series is vital and should not be lost at any expense.

India's spin duo can be a bother, but for that they have to bowl last. Remember, South Africa's top-class pace attack gets to move in for the kill the first day.

Tendulkar faced 20 deliveries and managed a paltry three runs against a popgun attack. Something sinister lurking around the St Georges Park changerooms?

3TC, with its strong multi-racial support to the Black Lives Matter movement, marked the resumption of cricket in a country as racially segregated as South Africa