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/ 20 November 2003
Former South African cricket captain Kepler Wessels lashed out at the United Cricket Board on Wednesday, claiming the board had a vendetta against him after they demanded his immediate suspension. However, he welcomed his suspension pending an investigation into alleged racist remarks he had uttered.
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/ 30 October 2003
South African cricket captain Graeme Smith conceded on Wednesday that the national team lacked a genuine strike bowler on their recent tour of Pakistan and admitted that ”one or two places are up for grabs” for the West Indies tour. ”I think we did need a guy with genuine pace,” he said.
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/ 14 October 2003
An East Rand school cricket match spiralled out of control with an umpire threatened with a gun and a mother with cancer beaten up, cricket officials confirmed on Tuesday. The incident took place when EG Jansen Hoërskool in Boksburg hosted Kempton Hoër in the final of the Super League on Saturday.
Led by two of the country’s brightest stars of the future, South Africa A clinched the three-match limited-overs cricket series with a 203-run thrashing of Sri Lanka A at Centurion Park on Wednesday. Monde Zondeki ripped the the middle order to shreds to reduce Sri Lanka to 121 all out.
Despite coaching his side to its heaviest defeat ever on home soil at Loftus on Saturday, Springbok coach Rudolf Straeuli insisted that it was not time to panic.
Australia surged to a colossal 359 for two on the back of a breathtaking century from Ricky Ponting in the World Cup cricket final against India at the Wanderers on Sunday.
After guiding his side to an emphatic World Cup defence at the Wanderers on Sunday, Australian cricket coach John Buchanan sounded a warning to the rest of the world: his side could still improve.
Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar maintained his extraordinary run of form to spur India to a formidable 292 for six in the Super Six Cricket World Cup match at the Wanderers on Friday.
The Sri Lankan cricket side apparently threatened to boycott Monday night’s crunch World Cup game against South Africa if an appeal lodged with the International Cricket Council was not upheld.
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/ 28 February 2003
Boeta Dippenaar led a spirited South African recovery to help the host nation post 254 for eight in their World Cup Pool B cricket match against Canada at Buffalo Park on Thursday.