Inside The Ropes: Life Of A Cricket Writer In The Sa20

The life of a sports journalist is something one can take for granted after 15 years in the job, but this week as I attended the SA20 match between the Pretoria Capitals PC and Joburg Super Kings JSK I was reminded what a privilege it was to watch cricket for a living.

Ive always felt that SuperSport Park in Centurion, offers one of the best views for journalists covering a game in their media centre.

I like being as close to the sight screen as possible, and here youre right above it if you can get here early enough to grab a great seat.

Besides the view of the cricket, you have the Gautrain that whips past every few minutes and the band that keep strutting their stuff across the stands if your mind begins to wander.

Unlike some other grounds, like down the road in Johannesburg at the Wanderers, SuperSport Park makes you feel like your right up close to the action. At the Wanderers, youre about five floors up and over a kind of wide mid-on or 3rd man position. So from there, the players really look like ants unless youre using binoculars for the whole match.