How Newlands Disgraced A South African Hero
In 2014, Newlands considered naming a stand after Jacques Kallis. It never happened. I guess being the greatest all-rounder of all time isn't enough of an achievement
It’s remarkable to think, what with Newlands Cricket Ground attracting so much negative publicity recently, that Newlands was host to one of the all-time great Test matches only 12 years ago. The Test against Australia – let’s call it Vernon Philander’s Test for convenience sake – was over in two-and-a-half days, you might remember, so there’s some seri…
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