People do play it; it's still very strong in the Public Schools (maybe known as private schools elsewhere) like St. Georges, Churchill, Peterhouse and St. John's etc, and many kids play cricket as a summer sport, but it's after that when the system just falls away.

Like Zimbabwean Rugby. Zimbabwe Schools have almost been a match for KwaZulu Natal and other provinces in the past. I remember they beat Natal 31-26 in one game back when I was there. They used to belt the socks off sides like Namibia and Kenya in schools comp, but once they're beyond school it's too hard to maintain the standards, alas the structure falls away.

Nobody watches it though; alot has to do with the poor scheduling. One of the tests was between Monday and Friday!!! Not even a day spared for the weekends?