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Gary Kirsten

Kirsten in 2009
Personal information
Born	23 November 1967 (age 58) Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname	Gazza
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Opening batsman
Relations	Paul Kirsten (brother) Peter Kirsten (half-brother)
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut (cap 257)	26 December 1993 v Australia
Last Test	30 March 2004 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 28)	14 December 1993 v Australia
Last ODI	3 March 2003 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	1
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1987–2004	Western Province
Head coaching information
Years	Team
2008–2011	India
2011–2013	South Africa
2024	Pakistan (ODI and T20I)
2026–	Sri Lanka
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 101 185 221 294 Runs scored 7,289 6,798 16,670 9,586 Batting average 45.27 40.95 48.31 36.58 100s/50s 21/34 13/45 46/79 18/58 Top score 275 188* 275 188* Balls bowled 349 30 1,727 138 Wickets 2 – 20 3 Bowling average 71.00 – 41.80 37.33 5 wickets in innings 0 – 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0 Best bowling 1/0 – 6/68 1/25 Catches/stumpings 83/– 61/1 171/– 97/1
Medal record
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 December 2009

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The Border Inquisitor

A very useful video recounting how George had a difficult time entering the UK. He was detained under an act featuring some of the finest Kafkaesque language used by democratic countries today—a stark reminder that fascism comes with a pat on the back.

https://youtu.be/c6bjRCysuv4?si=eSkokoPHIojLq_0V

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Alex Malcolm at ESPNcricinfo, 30 March 2026

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A NOTICE From Insaf Bakeer Markar, late March 2025

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ABC

In the gilded vacuum of a Miami ballroom last Friday, the world was treated to the latest episode of the “Trump Doctrine”—a volatile cocktail of schoolyard bullying, delusional revisionism, and a terrifyingly literal interpretation of “might makes right.“

As the US-Israeli war against Iran enters its most chaotic phase, President Donald Trump took to the stage at a Saudi-backed forum to settle scores. He didn’t just boast about his influence; he humiliated a key regional ally, claiming that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is now “kissing my ass” because he finally realized the U.S. isn’t a “dead country.” It was a performance defined by a disturbing disconnect: even as Saudi facilities burn from retaliatory Iranian strikes, Trump is more interested in whether the 90-year-old King Salman “likes him” than in the stability of the global energy market.

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Senake Weeraratne

 The Reply of David Becker (Head of Legal, ICC) to Senaka Weeraratna was dismissive, disrespectful and patently wrong in the interpretation of law.

The reply of the South African lawyer David Becker (Head of Legal, ICC) to Senaka Weeraratna in May 2010 on the question of the intellectual property rights over his brainchild ‘Player Referral’ which was rebranded by the ICC as the UDRS (Umpire Decision Review System), was dismissive, disrespectful and patently wrong in the interpretation of law. The legal doctrine of Constructive Notice was overlooked in Becker’s response. Constructive Notice acts as a legal presumption that a person has received notice, even if they actually have not, provided the information is public or easily accessible. Furthermore Becker’s reply was legalistic when the context demanded equity, fair play and simple Justice.

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Desert Traveller, whose original title runs thus:  “The Gospel of “Bomb Diplomacy”: Trump, Hegseth, and the Death of the Global Order”

In the gilded vacuum of a Miami ballroom last Friday, the world was treated to the latest episode of the “Trump Doctrine”—a volatile cocktail of schoolyard bullying, delusional revisionism, and a terrifyingly literal interpretation of “might makes right.”

As the US-Israeli war against Iran enters its most chaotic phase, President Donald Trump took to the stage at a Saudi-backed forum to settle scores. He didn’t just boast about his influence; he humiliated a key regional ally, claiming that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is now “kissing my ass” because he finally realized the U.S. isn’t a “dead country.” It was a performance defined by a disturbing disconnect: even as Saudi facilities burn from retaliatory Iranian strikes, Trump is more interested in whether the 90-year-old King Salman “likes him” than in the stability of the global energy market.

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ON 29th March Evening …

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Lakshman Gunasekera

If the “primary objective” was to have an alternative international scale runway and complementary aircraft facilities, either A’pura or Trinco or Jaffna or even Batti would have been far cheaper safety and passenger-serving options rather than building anew an abandoned British colonial makeshift runway which has absolutely no demographic-commercial hinterland but only the birds to disturb. All four airports mentioned above have been constantly in use (for military and/or civilian needs) ever since they were built unlike the “Mattala”.

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Nimal Dias Jayasinha in FACEBOOK

The tension in that Berlin Stadium was suffocating. Adolf Hitler sat watching, determined to use these games as proof of Aryan supremacy. Jesse Owens, already burdened by the weight of proving Black excellence to a hostile world, was crumbling under pressure.  Two fouls in the long jump preliminaries meant one more mistake would eliminate him before the finals even began.

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