Stuart Hess

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Stuart Hess

‘I know I am good enough for the international stage,’ says Fortuin after Proteas snub ‘Whatever people think, I don’t play the game according to others’ beliefs [about me]’ 17 April 2025 - 04:30 The loss of a national contract is likely to fuel Bjorn Fortuin’s competitiveness even further after he revealed he didn’t deserve to be omitted from the list of 18 players named by Cricket SA last week. ..

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Stuart Hess

A tale of two tosses for a match that was scheduled for five days, but ended up being three, wet outfields, dodgy run-ups and a messed up landing area for the fast bowlers at the Golf Course End. The Four-Day Series final, which ended on Monday in a draw between bitter provincial rivals, the Lions and Titans, was packed with incident, even if Cricket SA tried its best to ignore the whole thing. There were some riveting passages of play.

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Stuart Hess

Titans and Lions served up gripping conclusion to 2024-25 season Wet outfields, dodgy coin toss and some discipline matters add to intrigue of at-times Test-intensity culmination 16 April 2025 - 04:25 A tale of two tosses for a match that was scheduled for five days, but ended up being three, wet outfields, dodgy run-ups and a messed up landing area for the fast bowlers at the Golf Course End. ..

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Stuart Hess

Lhaun-dre Pretorius was named player of the match after the Four-Day final at the Wanderers. Lhuan-dre Pretorius was born two years after Steve Waugh played his last Test, but he borrowed a page from the former Australian captain’s storied career to help inspire the Titans’ salvation in the Four-Day Series final. Waugh would often engage the opposition when he batted, sledging close-in fielders or rival bowlers, to get his own competitive juices going.

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Stuart Hess

A resolute Lhuan-dre Pretorius was one of the heroes for the Titans, scoring a century on the last day of the Four-Day Series final against the Lions at the DP World Wanderers. Such bitter adversaries off and in the last few days on the field, the DP World Lions and Momentum Multiply Titans will share the Four-Day Series, after a gripping final in which the time lost over the first two days, ultimately proved too much to overcome.