South Africa’s Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn each claimed four wickets as England were dismissed for 203 at tea on the first day of the second Test.
Could it be that even at Lord’s tradition counts for zilch? Indeed, it could, as Graeme Smith and his men found in the first Test against England.
SA coach Mickey Arthur says his team will live up to their billing as the world’s number-two ranked side when they face England on Friday.
SA are to give Neil McKenzie until the morning of the second Test against England to prove his fitness, coach Mickey Arthur said on Wednesday.
Hashim Amla becomes the sixth batsman in the match to score a century as he sees South Africa to the safety of a draw against England at Lord’s.
Hundreds from captain Graeme Smith and fellow opener Neil McKenzie on Sunday gave South Africa hope of forcing a draw against England.
Ian Bell fell agonisingly short of a double century at Lord’s but his Test-best 199 left England in a commanding position against South Africa.
Donald McRae tracks Hashim Amla’s meteoric rise to the top of the international game.
SA captain Graeme Smith returns to play Test cricket at Lord’s on Thursday, hoping both he and his side can show the same form that they did in 2003.
South Africa have moved above England in the Test championship standings on the eve of their four-match series.
South African veterans Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher said on Monday they are raring to go for the Test series against England starting on Thursday.
South Africa coach Mickey Arthur cannot wait for his side’s Test series against England to get under way at Lord’s.
Are sports sanctions a pointless exercise? The M&G speaks to two cricketers about whether Zimbabwe should be in international cricket.
Zimbabwe will remain a full member of the International Cricket Council, officials said on Friday, after the world body worked out a compromise.
Now that the cricketing summer is about to begin in earnest, England can look forward to another rousing encounter with South Africa.
Younis Khan hit a century as an under-strength Pakistan beat India by eight wickets on Wednesday to revive their hopes of reaching the Asia Cup final.
Andrew Flintoff is set to be left out of England’s squad for next week’s first Test against South Africa at Lord’s.
South Africa opener Neil McKenzie rediscovered his batting touch as the Proteas’ three-day match against Somerset ended in a draw on Tuesday.
Sparkling centuries from Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara powered Sri Lanka to a crushing 158-run win over Bangladesh on Monday.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith expressed confidence on Thursday in the ability of his fast bowlers to win the Test series in England.
Thank you, Kevin Pietersen. You enlivened a somewhat dreary, Flintoff-free summer at a stroke. The stroke christened the ”switch hit”.
Most international cricketers want Test matches to remain a priority and believe the T20 boom will affect the one-day game more than Tests.
England captain Paul Collingwood risked pitching cricket into one of its most serious crises in years, newspapers said on Thursday.
The England and Wales Cricket Board on Wednesday cancelled Zimbabwe’s tour of England next year.
British PM Gordon Brown has said he wants the Zimbabwe cricket team to be banned from touring England next year and from the 2009 T20 World Cup.
SA captain Graeme Smith is looking to his fast bowlers to make inroads into England’s top order and expose batsman Kevin Pietersen early on.
Britain said on Tuesday that Zimbabwe’s planned cricket tour of England next year would be ”unwelcome” given the situation in the country.
Zimbabwe’s cricket status is set to be discussed at next week’s meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Dubai.
Cricket South Africa has suspended its domestic agreements with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, it was announced on Monday.
SA’s cricket team arrive in England later this week, but New Zealand’s Grant Elliott is adamant he is not in the wrong tour party.
Teenage quick Tim Southee’s career-best haul paved the way for up an unlikely 22-run win for New Zealand in in Bristol on Saturday.
Cricket Zimbabwe has urged international cricket-playing nations to separate politics from sport, as pressure mounts to isolate Zimbabwe.