Bavuma’s nine-hour masterpiece was art we risk losing in South Africa’s Test purge | Barney Ronay

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Source: The Guardian Sport · NewTimes editorial text based on the source feed.

T20 franchise cricket is trash sport and killing the five-day game is cultural vandalism.

What would Orwell have made of this?

Have you read George Orwell’s review of Mein Kampf?

This might not sound like a grabby reference, or a killer hook for the algorithm.

But Hitler is always hot.

Hitler is legacy brand.

Hitler is eyeballs.

Also, it’s just a great review, even more so because it was written at a time when the world didn’t quite know what Hitler was “all about”.

True, you get a vibe off people.

The invasion of France.

The ranting, visceral hatred.

There were signs, clues, indications that this guy, this guy is not my kind of guy .