{"id":50173,"date":"2021-09-23T09:59:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T07:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/nico-malan-kicks-off-cricket-season-on-a-high-note-20210922-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:14:50","slug":"nico-malan-kicks-off-cricket-season-on-a-high-note-20210922-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/nico-malan-kicks-off-cricket-season-on-a-high-note-20210922-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico Malan kicks off cricket season on a high note"},"content":{"rendered":"<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_1dc39470\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cricket\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11606\/09a3b332a6f04fa193b4e023d2ad5660.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11606\/76ac97ecd9804faaac23f166fc48e2cd.jpg\" title=\"The Nico Malan cricket team. 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