
Cricket has been touted as the gentlemans game for over two centuries now after the British incorporated the game and brought it to different parts of the world under their colonial rule and introduced it to their colonies and the people residing there.
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South African National Cricket Team
No other international team has spiralled into a credible and formidable opponent as the South African national team has done given their duration and longevity in terms of being an international team competing against other national teams.
Bits to know about Jersey and the team
The kit design is simple but sweet. South Africa has long used green and yellow as the base colours for their kits, and, although the blend has usually been towards an equal mix, it has started to swing more in one favour or another in recent history. This is a perfect example of that, as the green stripes which have been used to accentuate the use of the colour are what helps the kit to be appealing.
As is the case with every national cricket team, they have the name of the nation at the centre of the jersey, along with the logo of the cricket board of that nation on the heart of the kit. In the current case, they also have the logo of the upcoming international T20 world cup as well to specialize and focus on the use of the kit for the world cup.
They have been commonly referred to as the proteas, which is a flower that grows in South Africa, and is also the crest and symbol of the South African national team as can be seen on their kits.
Where to watch the games
With cricket growing in size to become one of the most popular sports in the eastern hemisphere, primarily due to the popularity of the sport in India as well as Australia and other neighboring countries, it still has a lot of popularity in the west with England and west indies and other countries having an enormous passion for the sport and support for their respective national teams. One can watch the games on the following channels -
Channel | Status | Review |
DD National | ||
PTV Sports | ||
Sky Sports | ||
Where to stream the games
Although people have grown to watch cricket all their lives in Infront of the television, celebrating and dancing and berating as they watch the match every wicket and every run thats scored. It is to be expected that cricket will have to adapt itself so as to be available and accessible to every fan out there. This has led to many streaming apps and sites offering live streams of the matches for free and/or under a subscription model. Some of the options are -
- HotStar
- Crictime
- Webcric
- SmartCric
- CricHD
- My Live Cricket