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

The Guardian Sport · 10/23/2026, 4:00:08 PM

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 . Continue reading...