South African cricket's new normal is suddenly real. Not quite new and far from normal, but real. The opening round of franchise fixtures is underway, and the anxiety about the game returning from its pandemic purgatory is eased, albeit slightly.
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South Africa welcomes cricket's new normal
Pieter Malan stroked a fifty on the opening day © Getty
In first-class matches that started on Monday, the
season at Newlands, and it’s decent. Can’t say I haven’t missed that sound. @ Newlands Cricket Ground