South Africa celebrate a wicket in their semi-final win against Afghanistan.
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The first African team to reach a T20 World Cup final, South Africa will need to reconsider how young cricketers are playing the T20 game.
South African captain Temba Bavuma huddles with the team.
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This is South Africa’s fifth semi-final at the tournament. Is 2023 the year they reach the finals and win?
Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza (R) celebrates with teammate Brian Mudzinganyama at the Harare Sports Club in 2020.
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Nine immigrants founded a cricket club in 1934 in Rhodesia. The Sunrise club survives to this day, part of Zimbabwe’s national culture.
Eliud Kipchoge (R) of Kenya at the NN Mission Marathon in 2021.
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Sports in Africa, Past and Present examines the role played by leisure and professional sports in shaping African life, including resisting colonialism.
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Decades into democracy, the country’s top cricketers still come from fewer than 50 elite schools – mostly boys-only schools.