cricket academy near me – SA fans to blame for the Proteas playing less Test cricket
Johannesburg – When AB de Villiers made one of the greatest Test hundreds of his career against Australia in 2018, St George’s Park was barely half full for his first 60-odd runs that Saturday afternoon. Online Cricket Betting
It was worse the next day, a bright Sunday morning when De Villiers completed his century with some sensational strokeplay. He was looking around to find people to wave his bat to in a ground that was only a third full.
In 2013, when Dale Steyn produced one of the most crushing spells of his career against Pakistan, picking up 6/8, the Wanderers was barely a third full on a sunny Saturday morning. Live Cricket
In the last few days, since the release of the Future Tours Programme, there were lots of South Africans bemoaning the lack of Test cricket the Proteas have in the next four years. However, all that whinging isn’t reflected by bums on seats when the team has played a Test, despite some of the greatest players of the last 20 years featuring for the Proteas.
When it comes to cricket in South Africa, South Africans long ago made up their minds as to what they prefer. All those empty seats at St George’s Park in 2018 were filled with people two years later when the Australians returned for a nondescript pair of limited overs series, with the ground in Gqeberha hosting a T20 International on a Sunday.
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