Hi Almal

So, I see the International Cricket Council (ICC) are meeting in Dubai this week and the future survival of Test cricket is very high on the agenda.The impact that the Twenty20 format (Soek en Hoek) is having on the game and how best to protect and promote Test cricket is one of the chief points on the agenda.

Even the 50 over game is in serious decline. I, for one, am a cricket purist and believe that Test cricket is the ultimate, but it seems just like fast foods, tv dinners, movies and Play Station provide instant gratification, so too is Twenty-20 cricket…In just 3 hours your cricket appetite is satisfied…

Just look at how full the terraces are in India since the inception of the money-spinning IPL…Just look at how the Standard Bank Pro-20 made the turnstiles click over, while the 50-over competition and first class cricket attracted three men and their dogs…

Even the cricket-mad Indians are shifting towards 20-20 cricket and all the glitz and glamour and fanfare associated with it. Sure, cricket is reaching an entirely new market….just look at the women and children flocking to 20-20 matches…but surely the ICC’s priority should be to “globalise” the game and not “glamourise” it.

The face of cricket has changed dramatically now in the 21st century and the process is irreversible…Not even the ICC are going to manage to come up with the answers it seems, short of limiting…or banning…20-20 cricket.

The cricket fans are, it seems, finally asking the same questions as our baseball and football-mad American friends…

So I pose the same question to you all…How can a game go on for 5 days and still produce NO result ?…Wouldn’t you rather get your 3 hours of entertainment and smash and grab excitement after a tough day at work, home or school, rather than sit and watch 5 days of “organized loafing” ?

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Oom Trevs

Hi There Friends

So…SAFA does it again…A three-week-old “secret” only becomes public knowledge thanks to a report in a Brazilian newspaper that Bafana’s ‘Million a Month” coach Carlos Alberto Parerra is quitting and going home to Brazil…On inquiry to SAFA, this journalist is told “We know nothing about it”, well disguised as the old “Sorry, we cannot confirm or deny the report”...

Dis nou AMPTELIK…Die Suid Afrikaanse nasionale sokker span Bafana Bafana is weer op soek na n’ hoof afrigter…Net 16 maande nadat hy in die pos aangestel is, het Carlos Alberto Parreira vanadag bedank as nasionale afrigter…Hy sou Bafana Bafana afrig tot na die 2010 Wêreld Beker toernooi in Suid-Afrika, maar het besluit om eerder terug te keer na Brasilië om by sy familie te wees…Die aankondiging is EERS GISTER gedoen in reaksie op n’ Brasiliaanse koerant berig…

Maar…alhoewel ons nou die AMPTELIKE (hopelik die ware verhaal, maar ek twyfel) weergawe van die gebeure gister gekry het, word dit nog steeds wyd aanvaar dat die leierskap van die SA Sokker Vereniging inderdaad minstend drie weke gelded al GEWEET het dat Parreira dit oorweeg het om te bedank sodat hy sy siek vrou kan bystaan…Verskeie bronne se die nuus het Safa nie eintlik verras nie…WANT HULLE HET AL LANKAL GEWEET…

So SAFA brains trust…You can run your organisation like the old KGB in Russia…but always remember…Freedom of the Press is still alive and well…even in Brazil…It is YOU who have egg on your face again and have made another HUGE public relations BLUNDER !!!!…

NEVER FORGET SAFA…BAFANA BAFANA IS PUBLIC PROPERTY…IT’S OUR NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM…NOT YOUR PERSONAL FEIFDOM OR ROAD TO RICHES…WAKE UP AND STOP LYING TO EVERYONE !!!

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Groete

Oom Trevs

Hi Almal

Champs to chumps in less than 6 months… Hoe is dit moontlik ?

Ja…ons kry almal seer oor die DRASTIESE agteruitgang in die spel peil van ons geliefkooste Bulls span in die Super 14…So veel so dat Bulls ondersteuners selfs gister ge-dreig het om Saterdag buite Loftus Versveld teen “swak diens lewering” te betoog voor die Super 14 wedstryd teen die Highalnders…

Hoe kan n’ kampioenskaps span skielik oornag n’ vernedering word aan ons rugby ?…Hoe kan Heyneke Meyer se ongelooflike legacy so so ge-rubbish word binne so kort tydperk ?…Ons het net Gary Botha, Victor Matfield en Johan Roets verloor mense.. Komaan !!!!…Dis n’ lam verskoning… Maar sedert Dag 1 het ek…en regverdig so…die aanstelling van Frans Ludeke bevraagteken…Hoeveel kon hy werklik gevorder het in afrigtings vaardighede sedert hy die Lions “verlaat” het…en dit nadat hulle laaste in 2005 ge-eindig het ?

Miskien is die senior spelers (veral die Wereld Beker Bokke) nou groter as die spel…Want Danie Rossouw, Fourie du Preez, Pedri Wannenburg, Wynand Olivier…en ja…selfs Bryan Habana is nie heirdie seisoen die selle spelers nie…Ons moet dalk hulle “Wi**g*t houding in ag neem om die werklike probleem te bepaal..

Of is die addisionele verantwoordelikheid van kapteinskap tot Fourie du Preez se nadeel ?…Want mense…Face Facts…Hy speel k*k hierdie seisoen..Hy is die opposisie se grootste wapen deesdae met sy dom skopwerk en stadige bal verspreiding…

Ek was een van die mense wat aan die begin van die sesioen gese het Wikus van Heerden moet die span aanvoer…Ek se nog steeds so…Ek glo sy rugby brein en leierskaps vaardighede is puik…

Ja mense…VRAE VRAE VRAE…Die Bulls beter baie gou die antwoorde vind…voor Loftus n’ “ghost town” word. Teen die 60ste minuut verlede week, was Loftus amper leeg en die toue was by die UITGANGE….sies !!!

BULLS FANS….OVER TO YOU !!!!

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Oom Trevs

Hi Daar Vrinne

After the agony of having spent 90 minutes at Loftus on Saturday evening watching the Bulls getting blown away by the Hurricanes with total ease, at least my weekend was wrapped up with a big smile in the wee hours of Monday morning.

It’s not me, but its so nice to see Trevor’s name up in lights today… Trevor Immelman…

Ons sal beslis nie n’ ticker-tape parade deur die strate van Johannesburg, Pretoria, Kaapstad, Bloemfontein en Port Elizabeth reel om dit te vier nie, maar wat ons eie TREVOR IMMELMAN gister aand bereik het deur die Amerikaanse Meesters te wen, is eintlik groot rede om te vier.

Sure, golf has limited appeal to sports-mad South Africans, and more people can actually say they play the game, as opposed to watching it on the box, the magnitude of this accomplishment cannot be under-estimated.

Trevor is die eerste Suid Afrikaner in 30 jaar om die gesogte groen Meesters baadjie oor sy skouers te trek…die laaste was die legendariese Gary Player in 1978…en selfs Ernie Els kan nie spog met hierdie groot eer nie.

Sis on you !!!…EVERY sports-mad South African should have stayed up last night to see our Trevor capture his first “Major”…Keeping my eyes open till nigh 1am today watching golf and seeing our Trevor don the green jacket was well worth the sleep deprivation I am suffering today…

I wonder if our President Mbeki has sent Trevor a telex congratulating him, or if he’s too side-tracked planning for Bro Robert Mugabe’s safe and trouble-free retirement at a nice villa somewhere on the outskirts of the Garden Route in the Cape ??

Oh sorry,…I forgot…Trevor Immelman and his entire family…more recently his dad Johan, who quit as Sunshine Tour Commisioner, have re-located to the USA and are virtually ex-South Africans now…Maybe the US will befit him the kind of treatment that true sporting legends deserve, without undue “political” motivation behind every decision…

THREE CHEERS FOR TREVOR IMMELMAN…YOU HAVE DONE OUR COUNTRY PROUD…

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Oom Trevs

Hi Vrinne

Ek sit nog hier en wonder waar al my ou blog vriende skuil… Komaan mense… ons is weer aan die gang… Let’s head to the weekend on a light-hearted note… nothing complicated or controversial…

So… Die Bulls is weer tuis na n’ rampspoedige oorsese toer. More pak hulle die Hurricanes op Loftus…
Hier is bietjie raad vir Fourie du Preez en sy manne met voorbeeld hieronder aangeheg…

HERE’S SOMETHING LIGHT AND FUNNY FOR THE BULLS ON THIS FRIDAY… I LIVE BY IT…

REMEMBER…SIZE DOESN’T MATTER !!!!

Geniet die naweek

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Oom Trevs

Hi There Guys

So…while Zimbabwe dithers in a political storm and their government and electoral authorities plot how to “steal” another election, we just go about playing sport with them and welcoming them with open arms…Nobody will go near Zim anymore to play sport…and with good reason…and nobody wants to host them either…Why are we such good samritans ?..What kind of message are we sending out ?…

While their country disintegrates into an insignificant pile under “BOB” MUGABE, we play cricket with them and host their players in our domestic competitions…and foot their bills nogal, considering the Zimbabwe Cricket Union is bankrot…

Aren’t our lot hypocrites…It was convenient for them to call for a sports boycott against SA at the height of Apartheid, but now they sit back and entertain Zimbabwe on the sports field while Mugabe and his thugs continue to terrorise Zim and hold the country to randsom..

“NO NORMAL SPORT IN AN ABNORMAL SOCIETY”…Remember that Mr Thabo “Hou jou BEKI” ?

IS ZIMBABWE OUR 11TH PROVINCE ?

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Oom Trevs (Daai Sport Ou)

Hi Daar Almal

It was bound to happen at some stage…A “player of colour” pulling out of a Proteas side because he knows full well he has been chosen on political grounds and not out and out merit…

Moet my nie verkeerd verstaan nie…Charl Langeveld is nog steeds n’ baie bekwame snel bouler mense, en n’ ewe goeie mens….

MAAR…FEIT….Andre Nel is in die eerste instansie bo Langeveld gekies om Indie toe te gaan vir die komende Toets reeks teen Indie…deur die KEURDERS…Maar…ons kannie help maar om anders te dink nie…Die ewe Meneer President van Krieket SA Norman Arendse het sy presidentiele veto reg weereens “MISBRUIK” duer die span te verander en Nel se naam met Langeveld s’n vervang…En die keurders onder leiding van Joubert Strydom, het geen weerstand gebied nie en gewysigde span aan die media bekend gemaak…

So ja…uiteindelik…Dis nie net die blanke spelers wat getas is deur politiese inmenging in die keurings proses…Die swart spelers voel ewe sleg oor hulle situasie, veral as hulle vorm nie na wense is nie en hulle word steeds gekies om die “kwota” stelsel in plek te hou en die krieket base se politiese meesters wat op hulle g*tt* sit en toekyk van uit hulle ivoor torings in Kaapstad (aba Parliment) ook tevrede te hou…

WELL DONE CHARL LANGEVELD…You have now set an example and sent a clear message to Cricket South AFrica and their political masters that under NO CIRCUMSTANCES will you become a political pawn in this governemnt’s game and the game that CSA President Arendse is playing to pick up political points…

This is the first genuine message that someone is giving to the politicians and it comes from a so called ‘player of colour” this time…SO EAT THAT…

Politicians…GET YOUR GRUBBY PAWS OFF OUR SPORT !!!…Sport is for WINNERS !!!!

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Trev (Jou Sport Oom)

Hi Daar Almal

So…Voormalige Proteas krieket breier Ray Jennings het weer n’ kan wurms oop gemaak…Die uitgesproke gewese nasionale krieket afrigter meen daar is beter kandidate om Suid-Afrika aan te voer as Graeme Smith, wat die span reeds in ‘n rekord 55 toetse gelei het…

Hy sê in ‘n onderhoud met die tydskrif, The Wisden Cricketer, Smith is ‘n uitstekende kolwer en ‘n vegter wat hom laat geld, maar wat die kapteinskap betref, meen hy daar is een of twee spelers wat beter as hy sal doen…

Wat se julle mense ???…Is Jennings reg…Is daar ander spelers wat in staat is om die job te doen…Is Smith werklik n’ goeie kaptein of het hy net goeoie spelers tot sy beskikking…EN van meer belang…Na wie presies dink julle Jennings verwys wanneer hy se daars minstens twee spelers wat beter sal vaar as Smith as hulle die leisels oorneem????? 

It’s NO SECRET of course, that there was tension between Smith and Jennings during the latter’s 6-month coaching stint with the Proteas a couple of years ago…Ons weet almal Smith kon Jennings se “no-nonsense” afrigtings styl NIE verdra nie en dus die aanstelling van die “Ja mannetjie” Mickey Arthur…

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Trevor (Jou Sport Oom)

Hi Daar Almal

So…from all the doom and gloom the previous week, the sun is finally shining sports-wise in Jacaranda territory…Ja…Die Bulls het die Lions verspot maklik geklop en die Proteas het Bangladesh ewe maklik pak gegee…

MAAR my vrinne…die lof hierdie week behoort aan die NASHUA TITANS...Kom aan mense…die Bulls is nou innie buiteland en ons kan niks meer doen behalwe om hulle in die sitkamer of voor n’ TV die kroeg te ondersteun nie …Gooi julle gewig nou agter die NASHUA TITANS…

It’s silly season as far as sport goes yes...BUT...while the Bulls have been yo-yoing about in the Super 14 rugby competition, the TITANS have quietly gone about their business and lost just one match on their way to the MTN Domestic Championship semi-finals…

Onse eie Titans het die liga fase van die MTN Kampioenskap maklik beklink, en nogal n’ reuse 16 punte voor hulle naaste teenstanders, die Diamond Eagles.

Maar nou is dit werklik ”crunch” tyd vir die Titans…n’ hele seisoen se werk kan nou in een enkele half-eindtryd ontplof…Nou sal die Titans rerig moet uithaal en wys in die half eindrondte teen dieCape Cobras (Sondag 16 Maart)..maak n’ nota daarvan, trek daai lig blou klere aan  en gaan ondersteun die Titans…

En hartlik geluk aan TUMILE BODIBE…Die 20-jarige kolwer, van Duduza in Springs, het sy oproep na die Titans gevier met n’ sprankelende wedstryd-beklinkende 50-tal teen die Highveld Lions…Bodibe and Martin van Jaarsveld, who scored 55 not out, took the Titans home with a stand of 116 for the unbroken fifth wicket…

SO VRINNE…MY BLOED IS BLOU…IN DIE GEVAL IS DIT TITANS BLOU… GO NASHUA TITANS !!!

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“Oom” Trevs (Jou eie Sport Oomie)

Hi daar Almal

Sjoe..hierdie sport blog is besig om sou gou as die magtige Bulls op die ashoop te beland of hoe ?…Verskil is, dit het n’ paar maande geneem…Die Bulls is binne net 7 minute Saterdag “geblitz”deur die Sharks…eina !!!…

But one thing that struck me guys…Was it my imagination or not ?…Loftus was about 50 % full of Sharks fans and the black flags were flying everywhere you looked…Dit het amper op n’ stadium Saterdag gevoel asof ek by n’ Sharks tuis wedstryd in Durban was mense, selfs toe die besoekers agter was…

Wat is dit omtrent die Sharks se brand en hoekom het hulle so massiewe geledere “travelling” fans ?…Dis presies die selfde by Ellis Park en sommer ook in Bloemfontein ook…

Is dit weens die feit dat so veel KwaZulu-Natalse mense die afgelope paar jaar verhuis het na Gauteng en nooit hulle bande met die provinsie gesny het nie of is dit as gevolg van die sterkte en van die Sharks “brand”?…Gaan kyk net op enige gegewe dag ook hoe veel klein “Sharkies” te sien is op voertuie in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Oos en Wes Rand…

My Super14 Picks of the Week (Note: I have picked a referee for the first time as Flop of the Week)

Span van die Week: Blues

Speler/s van die Week: Isaia Toeava, Joe Rokocoko (Blues); Wycliff Palu (Waratahs); Jacques Botes (Sharks)

Afrigter van die Week: David Nucifora (Blues) … al weer

“Flop” of the Week: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand referee — shocking decison that robbed the Lions vs Force)

Poe**ol van die Week: JP Nel (Bulls)

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