Short Fine Legs POC Podcasts

With Quinton de Kock retiring from Test cricket, South Africa have lost one of their few genuine world class talents. Can Temba Bavuma make the step up and become the rock in the middle order?
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Is an athlete just an athlete? Can we ignore their politics, their views on class and race, or their role in a toxic environment that plagues a nation's sport? These are difficult questions but they are worth considering when analysing the likes of AB de Villiers, Graeme Smith, Mark Boucher and Duanne Olivier - four players who have shaped South African cricket for better and for worse.
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South Africa take on the Dutch, but rather than feel resentment and a need for revenge as we do whenever whenever our other former colonial master is in town, the men in orange will be greeted with curiosity and a little confusion. Helping to form a clearer picture is Bertus de Jongh, a freelance journo who is the man in the know.
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A 3-0 win over the Netherlands is a the least we should expect from South Africa. It's a bold new approach that we'd like to see. Helping Dan find out if this experimental side is up to the task is Mpho Mutloane.
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The Proteas performed admirably but still came up short. That's much we can stomach. What we can't digest is the narrative that results don't matter. Cricket South Africa's misguided tweet is an insult to fans and does the important push for transformation a disservice.
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South Africa are going through to the semis! At least they will if they beat England on Saturday in what is surely the most challenging task in world cricket right now.

Finding out how they can/will achieve this, Dan spoke to Nick Friend, journalist at the Cricketer Magazine. they unpacked Jos Buttler's sensational form, Tabraiz Shamsi's legacy and the brewing storm coming out of Yorkshire.
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