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/ 27 December 2007
A century partnership between Marlon Samuels and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and a whirlwind 66 by Chris Gayle, put the West Indies in a commanding position on 281 for four at the end of the first day of the first Castle Lager Test against South Africa at St George’s Park on Wednesday.
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/ 26 December 2007
A century partnership between Marlon Samuels and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and a whirlwind 66 by Chris Gayle, put the West Indies in a commanding position on 281 for four at the end of the first day of the first Test against South Africa at St George’s Park on Wednesday.
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/ 26 December 2007
Proteas captain Graeme Smith will be leading his team for the 50th time in a Test match in the first Test against the West Indies, starting at St George’s Park on Wednesday. Smith is only the second South African captain, after the late Hansie Cronje, to achieve this landmark. Cronje captained the Proteas on 53 occasions.
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/ 25 December 2007
The Proteas will treat the Test series as if they were playing the best team in the world, was captain Graeme Smith’s promise ahead of the first Test at St George’s Park on Wednesday. Smith, who will be captaining South Africa in a Test match for the 50th time, downplayed suggestions that South Africa did not have a good record at St George’s Park.
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/ 15 December 2007
Veteran South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock sent the West Indians crashing to a narrow defeat against a Makhaya Ntini Invitation XI in a rain-affected opening match of their tour at Buffalo Park on Friday. Pollock top-scored 54 off 40 balls and took one for five in three overs as the Ntini XI won by five runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method.
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/ 3 December 2007
South Africa are edging closer to Australia at the top of the International Cricket Council one-day international (ODI) rankings and now lie just four points behind the leaders following a 2-1 series victory over New Zealand. Graeme Smith’s team began the series on 123 rating points, five adrift of Australia.
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/ 2 December 2007
Herschelle Gibbs hit a majestic century as South Africa cruised to a series-clinching five-wicket win in the third and final one-day international against New Zealand at Newlands on Sunday. Gibbs made 119 off 101 balls as South Africa chased down New Zealand’s 238-8 with 28 balls to spare.
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/ 1 December 2007
Brendon McCullum and Jamie How pounded the South African bowlers as New Zealand ended a losing streak with an emphatic seven-wicket victory in the second one-day international at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth on Friday. McCullum (81) and How (76) put on 154 for the second wicket as New Zealand cruised in with 11.2 overs to spare to level the three-match series.
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/ 28 November 2007
Makhaya Ntini remains the undisputed champion of the people after he was voted South Africa’s most popular sportsman for 2007. In a poll undertaken by BMI Sport Info, Ntini emerged at the top of the list, ahead of Bafana Bafana and Blackburn Rovers striker Benni McCarthy and world Cup-winning Springbok wing Bryan Habana.
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/ 25 November 2007
South Africa celebrated Graeme Smith’s 100th one-day international as captain by squeaking home by two wickets in the first MTN one-day international at Kingsmead on Sunday, with Andre Nel snatching the winning run off the last ball of the match. Man-of-the-match AB de Villiers made 91 for South Africa.
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/ 24 November 2007
An undefeated 52 by AB de Villiers helped South Africa to a three-wicket victory over New Zealand in the Standard Bank Pro20 at the Wanderers on Friday night. Needing 130 to win, South Africa made 131 for seven, with a ball to spare. New Zealand will rue their dropped catches, especially a De Villiers drop.
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/ 22 November 2007
Jacques Kallis will play for South Africa in Friday’s Twenty20 international against New Zealand, captain Graeme Smith said on Thursday. Kallis, the nation’s leading run-scorer in Tests and one-day internationals, was controversially omitted from the squad for the Twenty20 World Championship, which they exited before the semifinal stage, hosted by South Africa in September.
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/ 21 November 2007
After being left out of the final XI in South Africa’s last four Test matches, veteran all-rounder Shaun Pollock will be back in action in the limited overs series against New Zealand, starting with a Standard Bank Pro20 match at the Wanderers on Friday night. ”He’s a crucial cog in our game,” said convenor of selectors Joubert Strydom.
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/ 20 November 2007
Nashua Titans fast bowler Dale Steyn has been included in the Proteas squad for the Standard Bank International Pro20 as well as the three-match MTN one-day international (ODI) series against New Zealand. The Phalaborwa express replaces Justin Kemp in the only change to the squad that won the ODI series in Pakistan.
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/ 19 November 2007
South Africa’s comprehensive clean sweep of its two-match series against New Zealand has lifted it to third position in the latest LG ICC Test championship table. Graeme Smith’s side, which won Tests in Johannesburg (358 runs) and Centurion (an innings and 59 runs) collected four rating points for its efforts.
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/ 19 November 2007
”We’re a Test team on the up” was the way Proteas captain Graeme Smith described South Africa’s innings and 59 run victory over New Zealand in the second Castle Lager Test on Sunday. South Africa bowled New Zealand out for 136 after tea on the third day, to clinch the match and the series with two days to spare.
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/ 18 November 2007
Dale Steyn bowled South Africa to a resounding series win over New Zealand in the second Test on Sunday. SA won by an innings and 59 runs in the seventh over after tea on the third day. The hosts won the first Test in Johannesburg by 358 runs, SA’s biggest win and New Zealand’s heaviest defeat in terms of runs.
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/ 17 November 2007
New Zealand endured another bad day on the second day of the second Castle Lager Test against South Africa at Supersport Park on Saturday as Jacques Kallis notched up his fifth century in four Tests. When play was called off for bad light, South Africa were 272 for three, giving them a first innings lead of 89, with seven wickets in hand.
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/ 17 November 2007
Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis anchored South Africa’s steady reply after the hosts had lost a pair of early wickets in the second test against New Zealand on Saturday. South Africa reached lunch on 103 for two on the second day in reply to New Zealand’s first innings total of 188 with both Amla and Kallis on 36 not out at the interval.
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/ 12 November 2007
South African captain Graeme Smith laid into the state of the country’s pitches after his team surged to a record win over New Zealand in the first Test on Sunday. South Africa won by 358 runs after lunch on the fourth day to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
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/ 10 November 2007
A masterful third-wicket partnership of 330 by Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla helped South Africa take complete control on the third day of the first Castle Lager Test between South Africa and New Zealand at the Wanderers on Saturday. At stumps, New Zealand had 57 for three, and trailed South Africa by 473.
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/ 10 November 2007
A career-best haul by Dale Steyn and an unbroken partnership of 159 between Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis put South Africa in control of the first Castle Lager Test between South Africa and New Zealand at the Wanderers on Friday. South Africa were 179 for two at close of play, for an overall lead of 287.
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/ 9 November 2007
New Zealand lost five wickets for the addition of 56 runs before lunch on the second day of the first Castle Lager Test against South Africa at the Wanderers on Friday, and were reeling on 97 for seven at the break. They trailed South Africa by 129 runs.
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/ 8 November 2007
Shane Bond celebrated his first Test against South Africa by taking four wickets on the opening day of the first Castle Lager Test between South Africa and New Zealand, as South Africa were bundled out for 226, an hour-and-a-quarter after tea. New Zealand had 41 for two when stumps were drawn.
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/ 7 November 2007
South Africa have omitted leading wicket-taker Shaun Pollock from their starting XI for the first Test against New Zealand starting in Johannesburg on Thursday. The absence of Pollock, who also averages 32,31 with the bat, leaves South Africa with a telling lack of batting depth.
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/ 2 November 2007
White is the colour of almost all Springbok rugby players, as well as most of those who fill stadiums to watch them play. White is the surname of a coach who makes some see red. But that’s not all. White is what the South African cricket team will wear when they begin a Test series against New Zealand in Johannesburg next week.
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/ 31 October 2007
A tired but elated Proteas cricket team flew into OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday night carrying two silver trophies from their tour of Pakistan. The South Africans won the Test series one-nil, and secured a three-two victory in the one-day international series with a thrilling win in Lahore on Monday.
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/ 29 October 2007
South Africa spoiled Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar’s comeback match on Monday with a stunning 14-run victory in the fifth and final limited-overs game to clinch the series 3-2. Akhtar took 4-43 to restrict South Africa to 233-9 off 50 overs with Jacques Kallis scoring a fighting 86 and Herschelle Gibbs making a fine 54.
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/ 29 October 2007
Australian cricket umpire Simon Taufel says that when on-field sledging becomes personal, he’ll step in to ensure the situation doesn’t escalate. Otherwise, don’t bore him with the same old comments. Taufel, voted cricket’s best international umpire for the past four years, will officiate in the Pakistan-India series next month.
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/ 26 October 2007
Brilliant half-centuries from Graeme Smith and Shaun Pollock helped South Africa win the fourth one-day international against Pakistan by seven wickets on Friday to level the five-match series 2-2. Pakistan’s total of 230-9 had looked respectable, but Smith (81) and Pollock (90) added 159 runs for the second-wicket stand to help their team reach 233-3 in 37.4 overs.
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/ 25 October 2007
South Africa’s chances of clinching a one-day and Test series double against Pakistan will be decided when they play a fourth one-day international on Friday. South Africa trail 2-1 in the five-match series, having already won the Test series, and must win on Friday to keep the series alive.
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/ 23 October 2007
Pakistan produced disciplined cricket to upstage South Africa by six wickets in the third day-night international in Faisalabad on Tuesday, to take a 2-1 lead in the series. Rao Iftikhar made a career-best 3-33 and leg-spinner Shahid Afridi 3-37 to restrict the tourists to 197 all out.