WE GO AGAIN
KEVIN McCALLUM: Chasing cricket through deluges, dud digs and dim bars
More than rain stops play in Limpopo. So we watched just snatches of Hurricane Vernon Philander blow away the Indians
The rain has not stopped falling here in Limpopo. From the window of the cottage on the guest farm we have called home this week, I have watched rain. There is more rain to come. It’s good for the blueberries and avocados. The rain is bad for cellular signal, thinning it out, shutting up the iPhone and forcing you to let the head slip out of gear and into neutral ahead of a busy year ahead. This week I also watched a dog — a large and highly-strung pointer — burying something in the garden outside the cottage. I went to have a look. It was one of the socks I had left inside my running shoes on the deck. That’s one brave and considerate pointer. Those socks whiffed a little. I bought those socks five years ago. They are cycling socks made by Specialized, the bicycle manufacturer that sponsored Burry Stander.I was in a place that had no cellular signal on the day he died in early January 2013. I bought those socks as a small tribute to him. I dug them up and gave them a little wash. I...
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