‘South Africa’ Archives
South Africa outplayed Sri Lanka in 1st test
South Africa overwhelmed a brittle Sri Lanka by an innings and 81 runs at Centurion with victory sealed before tea on the third day when Vernon Philander claimed his tenth wicket of the match. The home side's bowlers needed just 39.1 overs to dismantle the opposition batting line-up for a second [...]
South Africa wins easily
South Africa 236 for 2 (Amla 112, Smith 101*) and 96 (Watson 5-17, Harris 4-33) beat Australia 284 (Clarke 151, Steyn 4-55) and 47 (Philander 5-15, Morkel 3-9) by eight wickets Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla both struck centuries that completed South [...]
Australia vs South Africa test match preview
Australian opening batsman Phillip Hughes is confident he has the game to again handle Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel nearly three years after he took them to pieces the first time. In early 2009, Hughes made twin centuries in Durban in his second Test as well as 75 at the Wanderers, and Steyn last [...]
Impressive South Africa level series
South Africa 303 for 6 (Kallis 76, Miller 59, Smith 57, Duminy 56) beat Australia 223 (Warner 74, Morkel 4-22) by 80 runs. South Africa regained parity in the ODI series against Australia - and valuable equilibrium after an extended break from international cricket - with a resounding 80-run [...]
Gayle signs for South Africa’s ‘Dolphins’
After signing Shaun Tait in August, Dolphins have acquired the services of Chris Gayle for next year's Pro20 series in South Africa. Dolphins had said they would focus on young players after terminating the contracts of five seniors in February 2010, but have contracted two experienced [...]
Tri-series: Australia A defeated South Africa A by 1 wicket
sagacious half-centuries of Mitchell Marsh, Callum Ferguson and 28-runs partnership between tail enders steered Australia ‘A’ to a sensational 1-wicket victory over South Africa ‘A’ in the 5th match of Zimbabwe A Team Tri-Series, played at Harare Sports Club on Tuesday. Batting first [...]
Graeme Smith’s next target – knock India off their perch
South Africa Test captain Graeme Smith said Sunday the priority this season is to challenge India for first position in the world rankings.The Proteas, who are expected to confirm Monday that former India World Cup-winning coach Gary Kirsten will take charge of the Test, one-day and Twenty20 [...]
Bangladesh beats South Africa by 23 runs
Bangladesh Cricket board academy beaten South African Cricket board academy in the first T20 match of 2 match series yesterday by 23 runs. BCB academy batted first and scored 162 from allocated 20 overs. Opener Saoumma scored highest 39 run for BCB. Chasing a respected total of 162 South [...]
Chokers’ tag returns to haunt Proteas as media slams WC exit
A despondent South African cricket team returned home after a shocking quarterfinal exit from the World Cup with the media in Johannesburg slamming it, saying that the 'chokers' tag would stick to the side for a long time to come. South African newspapers lambasted the team for its repeated [...]
Smith cautions Proteas against taking New Zealand lightly
Smith said the Black Caps bat deep with power hitters at the top of the order, apart from having quality spinners in Nathan McCullum and skipper Daniel Vettori. "We just got to prepare as best as we can and come out and play hopefully our best game tomorrow. The same way we have done in our [...]
