Bangladesh came within 14 runs of winning their first one-day international series in Harare Friday but eventually lost to Zimbabwe in a tense match. Heath Streak was the key figure, scoring 45 for himself in the stand with Ervine and then taking four Bangladesh wickets, his seventh four-wicket haul in one-day internationals.
A formal hearing into allegations that Kenyan player, Maurice Odumbe, had inappropriate contact with a bookmaker and influenced the result of matches will be held. A former Zimbabwean Supreme Court judge, Justice Ahmed Ebrahim, has been appointed by the ICC to conduct the hearing which is expected to take place in Kenya.
When Shane Warne finished bowling in his maiden Test against India at home in 1992, there were few clues that he would become the first spinner to bag 500 wickets. His place as one of the most influential bowlers the sport has ever seen remains unchallenged.
South Africa recovered to 134/3 in their second innings, giving the tourists a lead of 84 runs on day four of the first test against New Zealand in Hamilton on Saturday. Jacques Kallis was unbeaten on 56, which means the record of consecutive hundreds in five tests is within grasp.
A passenger ferry from the Comoro Islands with 120 passengers and crew on board sank off the coast of Madagascar during Cyclone Gafilo last weekend, the French Foreign Ministry said on Friday. ”We confirm that the Samson ferry sank with at least 120 passengers, including two French nationals,” a spokesperson said.
South African Parliamentary Speaker Frene Ginwala hinted on Friday that she might not take up a senior post with the Pan African Parliament if the seat is given to South Africa. She said she personally believed that a seat or leadership of an international institution should not be placed in one country.
This year, in celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Out in Africa film festival combines new releases with old favourites. It also has, this year, a distinctly Latin flavour. Shaun de Waal takes a look.
Stanimir Stoykov is the auteur behind three deliriously enjoyable short movies, the first two of which showed at last year’s festival. This year sees the premiere of his latest, Pussy. Shaun de Waal talks to Johannesburg’s campest new filmmaker.
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Written by screenwriter Peter Hedges of About a Boy and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? fame, Pieces of April is sparky and spiky and, like April’s eyes, a little black around the edges. Shaun de Waal reviews.
Government forces killed seven rebels south of the capital in a rare firefight this week, a government spokesperson said. The rebels, loyal to renegade Pastor Frederic Bitsangou, were killed on Tuesday near Kinkala, 70km south of Brazzaville, spokesperson Alain Akouala said late on Thursday.