'GHOST OF '99 IS BURIED'

THE Proteas’ victory in the World Test Championship (WTC) final over Australia has been seen as a breakthrough, and legendary SA fast bowler Allan Donald has echoed that sentiment.

- BY MICHAEL SHERMAN

As Donald was seen, quite unfairly, as one of the main scapegoats for South Africa’s exit in the 1999 Cricket World Cup semi-final, it came as welcome relief when Temba Bavuma and his charges finally got one over the old foe in a major final at Lord’s.