Cricbuzz

Normal service had resumed, off the field and on: suddenly no-one remembered November 6, when the Dutch put South Africa out of the T20 WC.

Besides, with the state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation an unmitigated disaster of governance and delivery and everything else, what choice is there for sport-watchers who are no longer 12; or young enough to be able to hook up the dingle to the dangle to the dongle and latch onto a stream, legal or not. You want to be saying the right things, but you also want to be doing the right things." Vikramjit Singh and Max O'Dowd shared 58 before the visitors lost all of their wickets for 131 runs in 35.2 overs with Sisanda Magala and Tabraiz Shamsi claiming three each. The constant threat of rain remained unfulfilled for long enough, and the Dutch didn't do much to stop the South Africans from banking another 10 World Cup Super League (WCSL) points on Friday. Also that it is here that South Africa should have to come to take the first of their last two throws of the dice to qualify directly for this year's men's ODI World Cup. Oliver Tambo, a contemporary, colleague and comrade of Nelson Mandela who would shudder to see what a wretched rabble their beloved ANC has become, had the misfortune not only to have lived in nearby Wattville - since renamed Tamboville - but also to be buried there alongside his wife, Adelaide Tambo; national heroes both.