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Why it’s hard to cheer for South Africa sometimes

Posted on April 30, 2005 by bob harris

Not enough for South Africa to beat the West Indies utterly in the current test, with the Windies not retiring a single batsman for the entire first day and four South Africans scoring over 100 runs each so far.

To read the South Africans’ version of it, no… not nearly enough.

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