Six weeks of Cricket World Cup action gets under way on Saturday, with the 2011 tournament tipped to be the most open in history.
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/ 12 February 2011
Morne Morkel grabbed three wickets and Jacques Kallis hit an unbeaten 49 as SA raced to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe on Saturday.
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/ 8 February 2011
Australia dropped injured duo Nathan Hauritz and Mike Hussey from their World Cup squad on Monday.
SA have caused such disappointment for their fans in previous World Cups that there is a sense of relief that they arrive in India as outsiders.
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/ 6 February 2011
Zimbabwe’s young cricketers will seek to show during the World Cup that they are making progress in their bid to rejoin the sport’s elite nations.
Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt have been charged with corruption offences, UK prosecution services said on Friday.
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/ 2 February 2011
Australia pulled off a spectacular run chase to win the sixth one-day international against England by two wickets on Wednesday.
When the West Indies captured the first two World Cups of 1975 and 1979 — they won nine out of nine matches in two tournaments.
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/ 23 January 2011
Yusuf Pathan’s blistering century proved in vain for India as South Africa won the fifth and decisive one-day international by 33 runs on Sunday.
Sports minister Fikile Mbalula has warned national cricket captain Graeme Smith not to take sides in a South African cricket power struggle.
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/ 22 January 2011
South Africa levelled the one-day series at 2-2 by beating India by 48 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method after bad weather ruined the fourth match.
Proteas coach Corrie van Zyl says SA had a bad experience on Saturday at the Wanderers, but they are a good team and can turn things around.
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/ 16 January 2011
India levelled the one-day series at 1-1 after paceman Munaf Patel clinched a thrilling one-run win over South Africa on Saturday.
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/ 15 January 2011
Fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe’s second successive four-wicket haul helped South Africa to bundle out India for 190 on Saturday.
Safa has accused the SABC of "showing no respect for the Bafana Bafana brand" by giving preference to coverage of cricket.
South Africa’s fast bowlers struck early to set up a comprehensive 135-run win in the first one-day international against India on Wednesday.
The fine-tuning of the Proteas for the Cricket World Cup could be hampered by the injury to Jacques Kallis and the moist conditions at Kingsmead.
Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are set to learn their fate on Tuesday over corruption allegations.
SA and India enter a five-match one-day international series at Kingsmead on Wednesday with at least half an eye on the Cricket World Cup.
Rohit Sharma blazed a half-century as India cantered to a 21-run win over SA in a one-off Twenty20 international at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.
England claimed a first Ashes series triumph in Australia in nearly a quarter of a century in the most emphatic style on Friday.
India held on for a draw in the third and final Test against South Africa at Newlands on Thursday after both teams squandered chances of victory.
India bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth has been fined 10% of his match fee for kicking the boundary rope in frustration during the third Test.
England stood on the brink of a first Ashes series triumph in Australia for 24 years after reducing the hosts to 213-7 in their second innings.
Jacques Kallis was hailed as a cricketing great by teammate Mark Boucher and opponent Harbhajan Singh on Wednesday.
England closed to within 113 runs of an innings lead over fighting Australia on Tuesday.
Jacques Kallis struck a masterful century on Monday on the second day of the deciding third Test against India at Newlands.
Jacques Kallis moved into joint second place on the all-time Test centurions on Monday.
Australia wasted a solid start on the rain-marred opening day of the final Ashes match against England on Monday.
Jacques Kallis defied medical advice to score a magnificent century which put South Africa in position to win the deciding third Test against India.
South Africa are prepared for India’s experienced line-up to fight back strongly in the Boxing Day Test after their crushing defeat at Centurion.
Sachin Tendulkar has closed the gap on Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara to just two ratings points at the top of the ICC Test Rankings for batsmen.