The fallout had a big effect on the team as they slumped to a 492-run defeat in the final Test.
Kane Williamson demonstrated his extraordinary composure under pressure by hitting a six to win Saturday’s World Cup Pool A match against Australia.
When an ODI was born in 1971, little did the cricket world know it would mark its 40th anniversary amid doubts it was able to hold fans spellbound.
Australia’s draw in the third Test has exposed weakness in England’s bowling attack and given Ricky Ponting’s men a chance of retaining the Ashes.
Skipper Ricky Ponting says Australia have learned the lessons of their 2005 Ashes loss against England, and promises a titanic battle this year.
A superb 150 by Ashwell Prince and 102 by Jacques Kallis saw SA take the third Test against Australia by the scruff of its neck on Friday.
After losing the Test series and with the Newlands Test still to come, the selectors have made some odd changes.
Proteas captain Graeme Smith said on Thursday his team would put video analysis to good use when they try to level the series against Australia.
The dust has barely settled following the first Test, and already a thriller is expected when the Proteas and Australia lock horns in the second Test.
South Africa were comprehensively outplayed in their 162-run defeat by Australia in the first Test, said captain Graeme Smith on Monday.
Ricky Ponting’s Australian team took the first step towards saving their number-one Test position when they beat a more experienced South Africa.
Australia claimed three wickets before lunch as they moved within sight of victory on the fifth and final day of the first Test against SA on Monday.
Jacques Kallis inspired a dramatic South Africa fightback as Australia slumped to 174 for nine at lunch on the fourth day of the first Test.
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/ 27 February 2009
Australia’s bowlers picked up where their batsmen left off on Friday, ripping through South Africa’s top order.
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/ 26 February 2009
Fast bowler Dale Steyn ripped out both Australian openers as the tourists were put under pressure on the first day of the first Test against SA.
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/ 25 February 2009
Australia face some selection posers ahead of the first Test against South Africa at the Wanderers on Thursday.
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/ 24 February 2009
The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Decision Review System will be used in SA for the first time when the Proteas face Australia on Thursday.
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/ 23 February 2009
Jacques Kallis is bursting to score big against Australia and end his batting slump in the Test series starting in Johannesburg on Thursday.
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/ 17 February 2009
Australia will be a touring team under pressure, according to South Africa captain Graeme Smith.
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/ 16 February 2009
Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says the pressure will be all on South Africa when the teams play for No. 1 Test team status.
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/ 7 February 2009
SA captain Graeme Smith will play in the three-Test series against Australia this month after missing the recent one-day series through injury.
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/ 26 January 2009
AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla eased SA to their most convincing win of the tour in Adelaide on Monday, clinching the one-day international series 3-1
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/ 23 January 2009
Albie Morkel sped South Africa to victory as they won the third ODI against Australia by three wickets in Sydney on Friday.
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/ 23 January 2009
Neil Manthorp reports on a nail-biting ODI battle for supremacy Down Under
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/ 18 January 2009
SA found run-scoring difficult in Hobart as they succumbed to a five-run defeat in the second one-day international against Australia on Sunday.
Australia were in a near impenetrable position at the close of the fourth day of the third Test against SA on Tuesday.
South Africa will be called on to mount their biggest rearguard action yet as Australia finished the third day of the third Test 151 runs ahead.
Michael Clarke notched his 10th Test century as he and the Australian tail mowed their way to 445 all out in the third Test in Sydney on Sunday.
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/ 21 December 2008
AB de Villiers’s century guided SA to the second-highest run chase in the history of Test cricket on Sunday, as they beat Australia by six wickets.
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/ 20 December 2008
Graeme Smith’s superb century gave South Africa hope on the fourth day of the first Test against Australia in Perth on Saturday.
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/ 19 December 2008
Australia had the lower-order batting strength to ensure SA will not have an easy target to chase as the hosts reached 228-7 at stumps on Friday.
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/ 19 December 2008
No SA player had any doubt the series would be hard work, but the first day in Perth put their minds to rest — it’s going to be very tough indeed.