“Cricket saved my life” – Geoffrey Toyana

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Falling in Sport podcast is about remembering why we love sport. Deciding “what” we love about sport on the other side of a pandemic. In the first episode, Mzamo Moloi talks to acclaimed cricket coach Geoffrey Toyana about his cricket journey, how the game saved his life and addressing the "elephant in the room" in South African cricket.

Sport also helps us exercise our hope muscles. We also chat to cricketer Solo Nqweni on his recovery from the auto immune disease, Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Solo shares about lessons learnt in self-isolation, gratitude and why he has unfinished business with cricket.

Let's fall in sport.

Credits
"This game called cricket" from "Cricket (1950)" by British Council (YouTube)

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This series is produced by Audiodacious
1 Sep 2020 English South Africa Sports · Society & Culture

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