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/ 27 January 2010
Elaborating on his decision to resign, former Proteas coach Mickey Arthur on Wednesday cited "differences of approach" with Cricket SA.
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/ 27 January 2010
Convenor of selectors Mike Procter on Wednesday confirmed Cricket South Africa has sacked the entire Proteas’ selection team.
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/ 20 December 2009
England lost two early wickets as they struggled to survive on the final day of the first Castle Lager Test against SA.
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/ 4 September 2009
Madeleine Anne Hiltermann is not a name readily associated with South African cricket, but she may well change the lives of dozens of young cricketers
The Wanderers will stage three matches during the England tour later this year after the resolution of a dispute between CSA and the GCB.
There is still a possibility that three England tour matches that were taken away from the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg could be restored.
Cricket South Africa on Monday named a provisional squad of 20 players for the ICC Champions Trophy tournament to be held in South Africa in September
If there was overcrowding at the Indian Premier League final it was not due to fraudulent tickets, Cricket South Africa said on Wednesday.
South Africa is to host the second season of the Indian Premier League competiton in April and May, Indian TV reported on Tuesday.
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/ 13 February 2009
Cricket South Africa’s position has always been that the people of Zimbabwe must decide who their political leaders must be.
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/ 6 February 2009
Does Zimbabwe deserve to be allowed back into the international Test arena?
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/ 24 October 2008
Pandora’s Box will be officially opened in Antigua on Saturday morning when the Stanford Super Series starts.
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/ 17 October 2008
South African cricket would benefit from increasing the number of franchises, as speculated, but it is not feasible, writes Ken Borland.
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/ 26 September 2008
Cricket South Africa will soon make a call to its Indian paymasters and thank them for the start to the summer cricket fans will be subjected to.
Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola congratulates the Proteas on their victory over England as a new 15-man squad is announced.
Moves to isolate Zimbabwe cricket gathered momentum this week when the England and Wales Cricket Board began preliminary talks with India.
Britain said on Tuesday that Zimbabwe’s planned cricket tour of England next year would be ”unwelcome” given the situation in the country.
Test cricketer Herschelle Gibbs was on Wednesday found guilty of breaching Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) code of conduct and was severely reprimanded for his behaviour. Gibbs, opening batsman for the Nashua Cape Cobras, was found to have contravened clause 1.4 regulating players’ on-field conduct, the CSA said in a statement.
Those persisting with efforts to move a motion of no confidence in Cricket South Africa president Norman Arendse do not have the interests of transformation at heart, the African National Congress’s (ANC) Butana Komphela said on Friday. The ANC’s parliamentary sport and recreation study group rejected the idea of a motion of no confidence, Komphela said.
Political interference in South African cricket has not produced the best team for their tour to India, the Afrikanerbond said on Tuesday in a letter to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Managing director Jan Bosman said that international standards must apply in the selection of the best team to represent a country.
The adverse publicity surrounding the selection of the Proteas is a matter of concern to all cricket lovers, Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola said on Friday. Speaking at OR Tambo Airport ahead of the Proteas’ departure for a three-Test tour of India, Majola said it was disappointing that cricket was hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons.
Monde Zondeki was on Wednesday named as the replacement for fellow fast bowler Charl Langeveldt as the controversy over South Africa’s selection policy continued. Andre Nel, who was controversially left out for Langeveldt to conform with Cricket South Africa’s transformation policy, was again overlooked.
South Africa fast bowler Charl Langeveldt withdrew on Tuesday from next month’s tour to India after his selection had caused controversy. Langeveldt, who is black, was included in the squad earlier this month ahead of the white Andre Nel in accordance with Cricket South Africa’s racial transformation policy.
The chief executive of South Africa’s players’ association on Thursday urged axed fast bowler Andre Nel not to make a decision regarding his future in the heat of the moment. Nel was a controversial omission when South Africa’s squad for three Tests in India next month was announced on Tuesday.
South Africa’s cricket chiefs are confident their team will claim the India Test series starting this month and clinch their third successive win in the region. Cricket South Africa (CSA) hailed the team for sweeping the Bangladesh Test series last week and for winning the one-day series 2-0 on Wednesday with a game to spare.
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/ 28 February 2008
The row between Cricket South Africa president Norman Arendse and chief executive Gerald Majola is likely to be a major item on the agenda at the meeting of the CSA general council on Friday. Senior members of the council are believed to be planning to introduce a motion of no confidence in Arendse.
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/ 28 February 2008
Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola on Thursday congratulated Mark Boucher on reclaiming his world record as the most successful Test wicketkeeper of all time. Boucher contributed five dismissals to the Proteas’ victory in the first Test against Bangladesh, which finished in Dhaka on Monday, and has thus set a new mark of 418 dismissals.
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/ 27 February 2008
South Africa’s government threw its weight behind embattled Cricket South Africa (CSA) president Norman Arendse on Tuesday by calling for an increase in the number of black players in national teams. Arendse angered selectors and CSA chief executive Gerald Majola by vetoing the squad chosen by national selectors to tour Bangladesh.
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/ 16 February 2008
Cricket South Africa (CSA) President Norman Arendse and chief executive Gerald Majola officially buried the hatchet on Friday, after a week of turmoil in South African cricket. The two men issued a joint statement in which, among other things, they apologised to the people of South Africa for the row.
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/ 15 February 2008
To the long list of people who would urge Norman Arendse rather to spend his considerable energies on saving the Bengal Tiger from a fate worse than the aphrodisiacs industry, add a frustrated woman. ”I’m so unpopular with my wife right now,” Arendse said this week in a brief aside from South African cricket’s affairs of state.
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/ 14 February 2008
A dispute over the number of black players in their squad could hamper South Africa’s performance on the tour of Bangladesh, captain Graeme Smith said on Thursday. ”It hasn’t been great what’s happened back at home,” Smith told reporters on his arrival at Dhaka airport.
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/ 13 February 2008
Left-arm spinner Robin Peterson will replace Paul Harris in the South African squad to tour Bangladesh, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Wednesday. A CSA statement said Harris would miss the tour because of an abscess that required surgery. ”Robbie has shown excellent form in the SuperSport Series,” selection chief Joubert Strydom said in the statement.