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/ 24 November 2008
SA captain Graeme Smith says his side is vastly improved since they last toured Australia and are ready to put the world’s top side under pressure.
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/ 21 November 2008
The Bangladesh Test is an ideal opportunity for the Proteas to hone their skills ahead of their Australian trip.
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/ 3 November 2008
Graeme Smith will miss Wednesday’s Standard Bank Pro20 International against Bangladesh at the Wanderers Stadium.
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/ 12 September 2008
Just over a month ago, the Proteas completed one of their finest post-isolation Test series victories with a 2-1 triumph over England.
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/ 8 September 2008
Windies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene and SA quick Dale Steyn head the shortlist for this year’s ICC awards.
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/ 3 September 2008
South Africa captain Graeme Smith is proud of his team’s achievements this season despite being outplayed by England in the one-day series.
Jacques Kallis will take over from the injured Graeme Smith as South Africa captain for the third ODI against England, coach Mickey Arthur says.
South African captain Graeme Smith says he will not be reading the riot act to his squad despite Tuesday’s ten-wicket defeat to England.
Last week Kevin Pietersen was just another ego, strutting towards middle age in preparation for his departure to the great trailer park in the sky.
Kevin Pietersen had a frustrating first morning as England captain as South Africa reached 64 for one at lunch on the first day of the fourth Test.
South African captain Graeme Smith made a magnificent century on Saturday to lead his team to a series-clinching victory against England.
Victory against England on Monday gave Graeme Smith his 28th victory in 59 Tests as SA captain, surpassing Hansie Cronje’s mark of 27 wins.
SA captain Graeme Smith said his side ”played the big moments better” after a crushing 10-wicket victory over England in the second Test on Monday.
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.
Never mind Andrew Flintoff’s return to the England side — South Africa captain Graeme Smith is bracing himself for the sight of cows and pigs.
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.
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.
A bittersweet legacy from the brutalities of the apartheid years lingers in South African sport. Only whites represented the republic until 1970.
South Africa coach Mickey Arthur cannot wait for his side’s Test series against England to get under way at Lord’s.
Ashwell Prince told South Africa cricket fans not to worry about the form of Graeme Smith after his first innings before the Test against England.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith expressed confidence on Thursday in the ability of his fast bowlers to win the Test series in England.
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.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith is likely to miss next month’s opening Test against England after sustaining a hamstring injury. Smith (27) picked up the injury while playing in an Indian domestic league match and may have to sit out the opener at the Lord’s cricket ground starting on July 10.
Andre Nel is back in the Proteas Test squad for the four-match cricket series against England, to be played in July and August. Cricket South Africa selection committee convener Joubert Strydom on Friday announced a squad of 15 that consists of Nel plus the 14 players who did duty on the recent tour of India.
The Titans snatched a thrilling six-run victory over the Cobras in a Pro20 semifinal played at Newlands on Sunday. The Titans booked their place to play the Dolphins in the final in Durban on Friday. The Cobras required 16 runs for victory off the final over and when Henry Davids struck Roelof van der Merwe for a six off the first ball, the Titans seemed doomed.
For the briefest of moments, Indian fans could con themselves into thinking that the spirit of Perth was back. Mark Boucher edged behind and South Africa’s resistance was broken. By day’s end Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly had knocked off the 62 needed and all was well in the Indian cricket world again. Or was it?
After one of the most successful seasons since unification, the Proteas have a few weeks off before gearing up for one of the toughest assignments on the cricket calendar — a tour of England. The two-month tour of England includes four Tests, one Twenty20 clash and five one-day internationals, as well several warm-up games.
Mickey Arthur and Graeme Smith, Proteas coach and captain respectively, appeared unconcerned on Tuesday about a warning by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) that it plans to take up the issue of transformation in cricket, with mass action if necessary.
India dominated South Africa on Sunday to win the third Test by eight wickets inside three days, squaring the series 1-1 and retaining their world number-two Test ranking. In an extraordinary final day, India turned what had been an evenly poised match at the start of play into a rout.
India and South Africa enter the third and final Test on Friday with the series on the line, and having to deal with the threat of a reported terrorist plot against the match, which is being played in Kanpur. Security was bolstered after police sources said that they had intelligence of a planned attack in the northern Indian city by Islamic terrorists.
A buoyant South Africa will be keen to capitalise on India’s form and fitness worries ahead of Friday’s third and final Test in Kanpur to complete a hat-trick in the subcontinent. The visitors lead 1-0 in the series following their crushing win by an innings and 90 runs in the second Test in Ahmedabad last Saturday after the opening match ended in a draw in Chennai.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith hailed his team’s all-round performance after they beat India within three days in the second Test on Saturday. The tourists won by an innings and 90 runs to hand India their fourth heaviest defeat on home soil to go 1-0 up in the three-Test series.