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/ 20 September 2007

Australia thump Sri Lanka

Openers Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist continued their prolific form to take Australia into the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals after a 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka at Newlands on Thursday. Hayden lashed 58 from 38 deliveries with seven fours and two sixes while Gilchrist remained unbeaten on 31 from just 25 balls.

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/ 16 September 2006

Dippenaar and Duminy ease SA to win

A fourth-wicket stand of 121 between Boeta Dippenaar and JP Duminy helped South Africa to overcome an early scare and eased them to a five-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first of three one-day internationals on Friday. The hosts, chasing a modest target of 202 for victory, crashed to 33 for three before Dippenaar and Duminy repaired the damage in untroubled style.

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/ 19 April 2004

‘Not all that glitters is gold’

Investment wealth creation and accumulation remains a long-term game, despite new products and services offered by asset managers, says Investment Solutions head of manager research Geoff Blount. "Investors need to keep abreast of market trends and changes to avoid making unnecessary investment blunders," he says.

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/ 16 August 2002

Waterwise ride for Schlechter

Gerrit Schlechter put in lots of hard work for his top-five finish on the jockeys’ log last season and his choice of ride in the R80 000 grade 3 Champagne Stakes for fillies and mares over 1 200m at Kenilworth in Cape Town on Saturday might provide a clue to the outcome of the race.

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/ 16 August 2002

Pollock’s squad in safe hands

There is a very different feeling to this tour than any other in the past two or three years and it is not just because the players have to order their breakfast in French. Political tensions are, for now, locked firmly away in the offices of the Department of Sport and Recreation and have not crept anywhere near the team.