WEDNESDAY, 9.40AM:
HANSIE Cronje and his charges are set to receive more than they received in Pakistan for the tour of Australia. The squad leaves on Thursday for a 10 week tour of Australia.
“If the players get to the finals they will get R150 000 to share between them,” said the United Cricket Board of SA Ian Smith. the team received R100 000 for reaching the finals in Pakistan. R250 000 will be added to that if they win the final — R50 000 more than what they received in Pakistan.
“We believe it is as difficult to beat Pakistan in a series at home as it would be to beat Australia, so there is no difference in that respect,” added Smith.
SPORT BRIEFS
COETZER LOST TO TAUZIAT SOUTH AFRICA’S Amanda Coetzer lost 6-3 6-3 to Nathalie Tauziat in the first round of the season-ending Chase Championships at Madison Square Garden. ealier this week. On Monday, Coetzer dropped to 4th place in the latest WTA Tour tennis rankings
COETZEE OUT OF MTN JEFF Coetzee went down 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-1) to unseeded Wesley Whitehouse of Pretoria in the second round of the MTN Masters in Klerksdorp on Tuesday.
MALINGA DETHRONED PETER Malinga of South Africa lost his World Boxing Union welterweight title to Alessadro Duran in Ferrara, Italy on Monday night. Duran reclaimed the title he lost to Malinga on a third round knockout on July 30.
HELLENIC BEAT PRO’STWO goals by striker Maxwell Dube helped Hellenic to a 2-0 victory over Vaal Profesionals in a Castle Premiership game at Green Point Stadium on Monday.
MALINGA TO MEET REID SOUTH AFRICAN Thulani “Sugar boy” Malinga will challenge Robin Reid for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-middleweight title at the London Arena on December 19.
EDWARDS PULLS OUT AS COACH Natal assistant coach Hugh Reece-Edwards has pulled out of the race for the coaching position of the Blue Bulls for next year. The Blue Bulls Rugby Union are in a crisis as the South African Rugby Football Union has given them until this Wednesday to submit final details on their coaching staff.
SA’S CARTER FINISHED 34THSOUTH AFRICA’S Kim Carter finished a dissapointing 34th in the ITU World Traithlon Championships women’s elite section in Perth on Sunday. She was the top placed South African in the elite category.