THE SILENT TYPE: Proteas skipper Aiden Markram has led South Africa to a maiden World Cup final, something his predecessors could not achieve in their illustrious careers. (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
Remember those South African summers of reggae beats and Toto’s Africa? When Benson & Hedges advertising boards and smoking in the stands was still a thing; days of Brian McMillan and Polly and Zulu and Ntini and sundry, the old SPF war paint, Boeings flying over to usher in the crackle and pop of Castle Lager-o’clock.
It’s a day-night game!
Well, those 1980s babies, barefoot, bathing-suited and chomping on a soggy boerie roll as they took in the scene and decided they didn’t like cricket, they loved it, have all grown up.
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