The struggling Springboks finally gave South Africans a reason to be cheerful at Newlands on Thursday‚ but not on they rugby field. Instead they had a crowd of 7,110 cheering down the road at the cricket ground‚ where they may have helped Hashim Amla get his groove back. Admittedly‚ the game was the less than serious Nelson Mandela Legacy Cup‚ an annual charity event pitting the Proteas against the Boks over 20 overs. But the way Amla went about drilling his 94 off 43 balls — eight of them hit for four‚ another five for six — suggested he could be on his way out of the woods that have stopped him from scoring a century for SA in a dozen completed innings across all formats. Amla’s effort helped the Proteas reach 252/9. They limited the Boks’ reply to 236/9 to register victory by 16 runs. The result was nothing unusual for a Bok team who have lost eight of the 12 Tests they have played this year‚ including one to Italy. Other highlights of Thursday’s match were two athletic catches i...
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