Why Richard was sent home....

South Africa's latest cricketing talent is once again an opening batsmen without fear and possesses flamboyant flare. He is also described as SA's next Herschelle Gibbs.... with the bat that is :) Richard Levi, another successful product from the Cape Cobras franchise made his first class debut for Border against his current franchise, Western Province in 2006. The 24 year old Johannesburg native was pretty much knocking on the door in the last 5 years to no avail. This was due to the success of various opening pairs such as Amla/ Smith, Smith/ Kallis, Smith/ de Villiers and even Alviro Petersen had an opportunity to bat with the former SA captain. Smith's place is more questionable now in the Twenty 20 arena than it is in the remaining arenas, making our former Captain somewhat of a liability. This has subsequently opened a door for the young Cape Cobras opening batsman and led to his first appearance for South Africa during their concurrent tour of New Zealand. Levi made his international debut in Auckland against a slightly more aggressive New Zealand bowling attack after being under Allan Donald's tutelage. Levi unfortunately scored a brisk 11 on debut, but managed to score 2 boundaries in that knock. Fortunately another opportunity was afforded to Levi in the next match at Hamilton where he scored 117 of 51 balls amassing 13 sixes in the process (the most by any batsmen in the international T20 circuit). A few days later, Richard, after hitting 2 boundaries was caught in the deep for 13. He flew back to Cape Town the very next day. Some question Gary Kirsten's decision to send him back. I on the other hand agree with the Proteas coach in his decision. By keeping Levi in the ODI series, the Proteas risk exposing him to all of the forthcoming T20 competitors. This will inadvertently give them an opportunity to work him out and figure out ways to dismiss Levi early. South Africa is doing exactly the same thing they did with Imran Tahir last year prior to the World Cup in India. Here, they strategically did not expose him to the series prior to the WC. India had no idea who this bowler was and it certainly paid dividends in some respect. With Levi gaining much from his experience in New Zealand, this will allow him to work on more innovative shots during the MiWay Pro 20 tournament. He is more than guaranteed a place in the forthcoming T20 tournament and I'm certain with Richard Levi in the fold.... South Africa will be unstoppable.

5 worst Superhero movies of the 21st Cenury

Hiya Folks, me again, your friendly neighbourhood islander with another list orientated blog post. So today I decided to name (and shame) the top 5 worst films of the 21st century! 5. Dragonball Z (2009) Showcasing the infamous anime adventure series in a live cinema format where Goku and friends are about to take on Evil Alien Dictator/ Underworld ruler, Piccolo. Not even suitable to Stoners, especially under the influence. 4. Elektra (2005) A not-so-great spinoff of Marvel's not-so-great original, Daredevil. Jenifer Garner once again reprises her role has Elektra, daughter of former mob boss and right hand man of the Kingpin, Nikolas Natchios. Elektra somehow escaped death at the hands of BullsEye in the original film, Daredevil, and now continues her newly found life as an assassin for hire. Crap, absolute crap... 3. Catwoman (2004) Perhaps one of Batman's most iconic villains. Catwoman was deemed to be one of the earliest sex symbols in the golden age of Comics and perhaps the Batman's most significant of love interests. The relationship between the Batman and Catwoman is perhaps one of the longest and most thought provoking interactions in the history of comic books. You pretty much won't see any of that in this movie. One plus point, Halle Berry is in leather.... 2. Hulk (2003) The Incredible Hulk is definitely Marvel's most powerful and mightiest superhero/ anti-hero. This character has gone toe to toe with the universes most evil villains and highly powerful superheroes such as Thor, Iron Man, The Fantastic Four, The Inhumans.... and pretty much won. He even took on Superman and controversially lost in the infamous Marvel vs DC. Ang Lee and Eric Bana pretty much ruined the above paragraph in over two and half hours. Put it this way, had it not been for the movie poster, I thought i was watching a Shrek sequel. 1. Ghost Rider 2: The Spirit of Vengeance (2012) And we have a winner! This movie was so bad that I paid R22 to see it... needless to say, I would like my money back. Nicolas Cage reprised his role as Johnny Blaze in the sequel which one can safely say was much darker than it's original. The Director had the audacity to claim it was as dark as the rebooted Batman series. Dark yes... thought provoking, cinematography, casting and script overall... NO. I would not even consider taking an ex or perhaps your mortal enemy bound by blood to see this one. This is perhaps Cage's worst film to date and certainly does not do justice to the Ghost Rider character nor the Marvel Knight's franchise overall. Hopefully the Director's of these films will not do it again, better yet trade their day jobs for something more suitable such as opening up a health spa or a Daycare facility.

The Academy Award Winners 2012 - Best Motion Farce

The Academy awards, the world's most reputable and widely broadcasted awards evening has once again proven to be controversial with it's eventual winners. George Clooney seems to havehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif taken the mantle from Leo DiCaprio as this years second place, close second (or as Seinfeld's definition of second place as "first loser")in his role as wealthy Land Baron, Matt King in the Descendants. The script of "the Descendants" seems to have the typical ingredients for an Oscar winning recipe. For starters you have Tragedy; where the Mother is injured in a near-fatal boating accident. Secondly, we are left with 2 daughters who are with the lack of an appropriate phrase or quip, mother-less. "Matt King" (George's character)is left in a position atypical of drama of this nature, where he will need to rekindle the somewhat damaged relationships with his two daughters. A few weeks ago, your obese, possibly asexual BFF would have suggested that this not only sounds like a tragic chick flick, but a flick destined for Oscar winning success. Your friend (who if I had to think about it carefully closely resembles the Comic Book Store owner in the Simpson's) was wrong. 2012 saw the best motion picture being awarded to Michel Hazanavicius's, "The Artist". Quick Summary: "The Artist" is about the emergence of a new era in the Motion Picture arena where silent movies are gradually diminishing and transcending into vocalised outputs. Starring relatively unknown talents in the form of Jean duJardin and Bernice Bejo, the film clearly had other ingredients favourable to it's eventual success. Case and point, we have a film icon who simply doesn't fit the new picture (excuse the pun). We have a love interest who is about to take the world of vocalised cinema by storm. And if Schindler's list is anything to go by.... it'http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifs in black and white! Sounds like a B&W version of Anchorman... on steroids! So, why is this a farce? Well for starters, this movie snuck in under the radar (I think even Mr Ebert will agree to that). Secondly, the black and white was a great touch but if there is one thing that has stood out in recent Oscar Winners is that Modern Day Dramas sell; case and point, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker". Lastly, are you telling me that John Goodman is part of an Oscar Winning motion picture??!!!! #NotCool Click here for the complete list of winners from the Academy Awards 2012.