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Johannesburg, South Africa - 2002


Joburg view from backpacker dorm!

Welcome to South Africa!
by Luke Gillian, 17/02/02 18:56:24
'The Flag's' latest tour is underway!  First is three 3-Test Matches, and 7-one-day games in South Africa, then to Zimbabwe for 2-test matches and 3-one-dayers.  Three months is a long tour but, as previous tours testify, time will pass and before we know it the Pakistan tour - the volatility of the sub-continent bruising our enthusiasm - will be here, and the comparative marshmallowness of Africa will seem a lifetime past!  [...read this story]

In the stand at Johannesburg

First Test - Australia vs South Africa!
by Luke Gillian, 27/02/02 13:21:20
It was the greatest shellacking I have ever seen!  It might not be the greatest Test Match I've ever seen, but as I think long and hard about the all games I have seen, it isn't easy deciding what exactly is the greatest!  It is all academic mind you for this Test was unequivocally and uncategorically borderline sublime for the ruthless and painless way Australia demolished South Africa.  [...read this story]

Potchefstroom Tour Game

Port Elizabeth Tour Game

Cape Town

Bloemfontein to Durban

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