TUESDAY, 10.30AM:
KEITH MEDLYCOTT, Northerns’ senior coach, sprang an unwnated surprise on the team on Monday when he announced he will move to English side Surrey in April.
Medlycott said his decision to end his relationship with the Titans after only two seasons was “not an easy one to make”.
The 32-year-old former Surrey and England left-arm spinner has seen Northerns from an “also-ran” squad to one of the country’s top provincial sides.
SPORT BRIEFS
SA WOMEN LOSE TO INDIA INDIA’s women’s cricket squad moved to the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup cricket tournament on Monday with a spectacular five-wicket victory over the SA women’s team. Batting first, SA found themselves all out for 80 in 43,1 overs, leaving the Indians an easy road to the semifinals.
BOXING DAY TEST SQUADS The teams to play in the cricket Test between SA and Australia on Boxing Day are:
South Africa:
Gary Kirsten, Adam Bacher, Jacques Kallis, Daryll Cullinan, Hansie Cronje (capt), Brian McMillan, Shaun Pollock, Lance Klusener, Pat Symcox, Dave Richardson, Allan Donald, Paul Adams, Herschelle Gibbs, Jonty Rhodes, Makhaya Ntini, Mark Boucher.
Australia:
Mark Taylor (capt), Matthew Elliott, Greg Blewett, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Ian Healy Shane Warne, Paul Reffel, Michael Kasprowicz, Simon Cook, Andy Bichel, Glenn McGrath.
SA A BEAT WINDIES THE South Africa A cricket team beat West Indies A by an innings and 28 runs on the fourth day of their four-day “Test” at Buffalo Park in East London on Monday.
Scoreboard:
SOUTH AFRICA A, first innings 474
WEST INDIES, first innings 280
WEST INDIES, second innings (49/2 overnight)
R Samuels c Liebenberg b Botha 3
S Ragoonath c and b Johnson 9
W Hines c and b Crookes 16
J Adams c Pothas b Crookes 63
R Sarwan c Johson b Crookes 15
L Williams c Benkenstein b Crookes 17
R Hoyte lbw b Crookes 23
O Gibson c Benkenstein b Eksteen 3
N McLean c Ackerman b Eksteen 4
D Ramnarine c Liebenberg b Crookes 0
R King not out 4
Extras 9 (3lb, 6nb)
Total (for 4 wkts) 166 — 75.4 overs
Fall of wickets: 1/6 2/27 3/86 4/109 5/116 6/147 7/154 8/158 9/158
Bowling: Botha 13-5-16-1 (3nb), Haywood 12-4-28-0, Telemachus 11-2-32-0 (3nb), Johnson 4-4-0-1, Crookes 20-4-50-6, Eksteen 15.4-5-37-2.
Result: SA A won by an innings and 28 runs
SA won series 2-0.