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South Africa captain Graeme Smith says playing with freedom and natural flair holds the key to his team’s revived Cricket World Cup campaign. He said an aggressive policy paid off in the 67-run Super Eights win over the West Indies at the Grenada National Stadium on Tuesday.
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The West Indies and South Africa go into their World Cup Super Eights match at the Grenada National Stadium on Tuesday, both knowing that a defeat could end their chances of reaching the semifinals. South Africa suffered a blow on Sunday when they lost their world number-one ranking.
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Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga took four wickets in four balls before South Africa scrambled a one-wicket win in their World Cup Super Eight match at the Guyana National Stadium on Wednesday. South Africa were heading for a comfortable win, with four runs needed and five wickets in hand when Malinga yorked Shaun Pollock with the fifth ball of his eighth over.
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South Africa and Sri Lanka will be entering new territory when they meet in a World Cup Super Eight match at the Guyana National Stadium on Wednesday. The match is the first of any consequence to be played at a new stadium, outside the capital Georgetown, where workers are still battling to get everything ready for Wednesday.
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/ 26 February 2007
Two years ago his long-term future was questioned; now Shaun Pollock is the world’s leading one-day bowler and a key to South Africa’s hopes of success in the World Cup. At 33, Pollock is in the best form of his life. After he took 5-23 against Pakistan this year, the International Cricket Council announced that he had achieved the third-highest bowling-points ranking of all time.
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/ 26 February 2007
Graeme Smith will lead from the front in his role as South Africa’s World Cup captain and aggressive opening batsman and he insists his team will not be haunted by past failures. South Africa will be among the favourites after powerful performances in the past two seasons. It’s a situation they have been in before, only to stumble at crucial moments.
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/ 19 February 2007
Jonty Rhodes, once hailed as the world’s best fielder, could be South Africa’s secret weapon at the Cricket World Cup. Since being appointed fielding coach six months ago, Rhodes has lifted the standard of South Africa’s fielding to exceptional heights.
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/ 28 January 2007
Jacques Kallis and Ashwell Prince steered South Africa to a series-clinching five-wicket win over Pakistan on the third day of the third and final Test at Newlands on Sunday. Kallis (51) and Prince (59 not out) came together when South Africa were wobbling at 39-4 in their quest for a target of 161 on a tricky pitch.
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/ 26 January 2007
Pakistan fought back after a first-innings collapse on the first day of the series-deciding third and final Test against South Africa at Newlands on Friday. South Africa were 131-5 at the close of play in reply to Pakistan’s 157 all out. Mohammad Yousuf saved Pakistan from total embarrassment, hitting more than half his team’s runs before being last man out.
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/ 17 January 2007
South Africa are expecting a stronger challenge from Pakistan in the second Test starting at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth on Friday. Star batsman Mohammad Yousuf will be back in the team after missing Pakistan’s seven-wicket defeat in the first Test at Centurion because his wife was having a baby.