The usual tendency is to compare the two modern-day greats on the basis of their batting skills alone but let us compare the two on the basis of everything a cricketer is supposed to bring to the table.
‘Everything’ includes batting, bowling and fielding skills and virtually anything else that a cricketer can do to make his team win.
Even watching the Barbarians vs. Australia clash from over 9000 kilometers away, you could feel the immense sense of relief from the majority of the fifty thousand strong crowds at Twickenham after referee Romain Poite blew his whistle for full time.
After Australia’s dramatic loss to South Africa has everyone talking and once again paying interest to the game. The Australian team was bowled out for their second lowest Test total ever, suffered a humiliating defeat, and suddenly ears start to prick up.
The annual MTN8 Cup Final is the highlight of the weekend as these two Soweto giants go head to head for that astonishing R8 million rand prize money.
This season looks to be one of the most anticipated seasons in a while, not because Barcelona and Real Madrid will be challenged for the title, but because of how competitive the field below them will challenge for Champions League and Europa League spots.
Make the most of Sonny Bill Williams in the Pool rounds, because come the RWC quarter finals and onwards, he’ll be sitting in the stands with the commoners.
Bafana Bafana are on the verge of securing a berth in the continental finals in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea early next year, but this could prove to be their toughest match of the qualifying tournament.
There are both AFCON and EURO qualifiers as well as friendly encounters for those countries that don’t part take in either tournament. This weekend sees North America’s Mexico go up against South America’s Chile in Barcelona.
With all still to play for, the second legs of the MTN 8 semi-finals will take place this weekend with Ajax and Kazier Chiefs yet to get off the mark in their first leg clash and Mamelodi Sundowns taking on defending champions Orlando Pirates who won the first leg match 3-2.
With the English league in full flight, the early season fixture list has thrown up a mouth watering contest between two powerhouses of English football. This encounter is not for the feint hearted as controversy is always beckoning when these two go head-to-head.
Arsenal is going through a turmoil period both on and off the pitch, while Liverpool was amongst the busiest clubs in the transfer market
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million
