SA cricket’s triumphant return to the world game: The ghosts of doubt put to rest

SOUTH AFRICA'S first World Cup encounter against the Australians in Sydney last Wednesday was not only historic in nature but almost epic in proportions.

Their resounding 9-wicket victory, against the odds, put paid to the naysayers and placed the team firmly on the world stage.

The one-day game reduces the differences in strength between sides. The unknown variable, the spirit which lifts or deflates a side, became almost tangible under the bright lights of the Sydney Cricket Ground and carried the South Africans beyond their opposition...