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Vaughan: 'Test match openers are BORN'
Cricket: Michael Vaughan spoke to Nic Savage about Australia's batting lineup which is set for a reshuffle after their loss in the WTC final.
The Herald
11-06-2025
- Sport
- The Herald
Rabada and Jansen strike huge blows to give Proteas advantage at lunch
But Jansen ensured those concerns could be dealt with in a more relaxed fashion at the interval as he returned for his second spell from the Pavilion End, picking up Labuschagne, who pushed at a delivery that for the most part he'd been leaving alone. His 17 took 55 balls and Labuschagne will know he wasted a lot of hard labour. Head arrived and took a wild swing at the first ball he faced, then thrashed Jansen through point to register only the sixth boundary for Australia in the morning session. The big blow came in the 24th over, with Head nudging at a ball down leg side and Verreynne hurling himself to his right and snagging a brilliant one-handed catch to send Head — player of the match in the 2023 WTC final — trudging back to the changeroom for 11. Smith was lucky, too, to survive an lbw call on 26 after South Africa chose to review, but the replays indicated the ball only clipping leg-stump, thus umpire Chris Gaffney's on-field call of not out stood.
The Herald
31-05-2025
- General
- The Herald
'I'm not going to be ‘Mr I Apologise' — Kagiso Rabada
The exact circumstances of how the drug was taken and in what environment were not outlined on Friday, nor would Rabada say if it was the first time he'd been in an environment where drugs were taken. He did acknowledge that the circumstances were 'just silly'. He reiterated that his statement published in April, through the players union the SA Cricketers Association, illustrated his contrition. 'The world doesn't revolve around me, there are people out there who are going through a lot worse. Moving into this WTC final, it is about that whole event, it's not just about me and this incident that has occurred, which is why I think it's a waste of time talking about this further. 'The people who are closest to me are the ones I felt I let down, but in saying that, life moves on. I'm not going to be 'Mr I Apologise' about it too much, I don't think I have to be, But I do not condone that action, I will never condone that action. But I've moved on.' Among the first people, aside from his family, to be informed about the positive test were Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma, who is also a close friend, and head coach Shukri Conrad.
