Entertaining SA20 shows other formats how it’s done
The compelling package delivers exactly what spectators have asked for
We took the family to watch MI Cape Town (MICT) play the Joburg Super Kings in a SA20 match at Newlands in January. We left the game three hours later, bedecked in bucket hats and beaming, victoriously waving our MICT flags as bright-eyed converts to a fabulous evening of family entertainment.
I am a traditionalist. Watching the ancient rhythms slowly play out during a day of Test cricket at Newlands with a newspaper, a pair of binoculars and a few beers in the shade has been one of my life’s great pleasures. There are the ripples and murmurs of the crowd in the cool morning before they reach a crescendo at 3pm, when the beer kicks in. After that there is half an hour for a nap and then one last cleansing ale before the close of play. The crack of bat on ball and the malty smells of the brewery melt together to create the magic, along with the feats of the figures in white...
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