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Neil Manthorp

Neil Manthorp

South African writer

Oct 24, 2026

0:33
Where does this sit for you in terms of all-time wins for South Africa?
0:38
It's right up there.
0:40
It's huge, huge for the country as well to fight back from that situation.
0:45
I mean, technically, mathematically, it is their greatest comeback.
0:50
And it surpassed a test match against New Zealand in 2016 when they were six for 95 and ended up making 350.
0:59
And guess who was at the heart of that? Temba Babuma, 10 years ago.
1:04
He added 160 for the seventh wicket with Quinton de Kock, and he's done it again, but in even greater fashion.

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9:57
Can you tell us what it's going to be like when we get there on Tuesday? What are you anticipating? How should Australia structure their bowling lineup?
5:43
It's not as if there's a 51%
5:45
stake owned by...
5:46
The point is, Corbyn, you can have a constitution, can't you? You can say Cricket South Africa own 57% of this, Super Sport own 20%, and there's the SA20.
5:57
But where's the money? Follow the money.
5:59
The money does all the talking.
6:01
Cricket South Africa are nominally 57% shareholders, majority shareholders in the SA20.
6:09
But they don't do the books.
8:55
They do get a big lump sum of money that comes back every year that helps South Africa run it's you know various other programs underage programs women's programs puts test matches on and and all the rest of it it you'd argue it's not the same with australia at the moment in the way that their broadcast deal works and there's a you know almost like a washing machine cycle of uh of the finances cricket australia keeps emphasizing we'll put guard rail rails in place we'll have these guards so did the hundred i was about to say so you don't you don't think once once it's sold that you can put as many guard rails in in there as you like but

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