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/ 16 January 2009
The Protea Test side might be on top of its game, but the one-day squad still needs some work, writes Neil Manthorp.
Graeme Smith left South Africa on December 6 knowing he had plenty of doubters in his own country but aware that there were even more in Australia.
Australia were in a near impenetrable position at the close of the fourth day of the third Test against SA on Tuesday.
South Africa will be called on to mount their biggest rearguard action yet as Australia finished the third day of the third Test 151 runs ahead.
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/ 25 December 2008
SA had every reason to look back fondly on 2008, a year in which Allen Stanford became a name known to all fans and Australia came back to the pack.
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/ 22 December 2008
Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Wayne Parnell and Vaughn van Jaarsveld are the three new caps named on Monday in the Proteas ODI squad.
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/ 22 December 2008
Messages of congratulations have poured in for the South African cricket team after their historic six-wicket victory over Australia on Sunday.
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/ 21 December 2008
AB de Villiers’s century guided SA to the second-highest run chase in the history of Test cricket on Sunday, as they beat Australia by six wickets.
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/ 20 December 2008
Graeme Smith’s superb century gave South Africa hope on the fourth day of the first Test against Australia in Perth on Saturday.
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/ 19 December 2008
Australia had the lower-order batting strength to ensure SA will not have an easy target to chase as the hosts reached 228-7 at stumps on Friday.
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/ 19 December 2008
No SA player had any doubt the series would be hard work, but the first day in Perth put their minds to rest — it’s going to be very tough indeed.
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/ 18 December 2008
An astonishing late spell by Mitchell Johnson left Australia firmly in control after the second day of the first Test against SA on Thursday.
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/ 17 December 2008
The series between Australia and SA exploded into action on Wednesday as the hosts reached 341-9 on a scintillating first day in Perth.
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/ 12 December 2008
In the past South African players have not been able to cope with the “Aussieness” of a tour Down Under. This time, things may be different.
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/ 28 November 2008
South Africa’s fiery fast bowling and lively fielding on Friday sent Bangladesh tumbling to their second successive innings defeat.
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/ 26 November 2008
Junaid Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim hit half-centuries to lead a spirited Bangladesh on the first day of the second Test against SA on Wednesday.
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/ 25 November 2008
Battered by SA’s fast bowlers in the first Test, Bangladesh are likely to face yet another pace barrage in the second Test starting on Wednesday.
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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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/ 22 November 2008
Fast bowler Dale Steyn led South Africa to victory by an innings and 129 runs on the fourth day of the first Test against Bangladesh on Saturday.
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/ 22 November 2008
Determined batting and heavy rain stopped SA’s push for victory on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Bloemfontein on Friday.
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/ 21 November 2008
South African Test spinner Paul Harris will play no further part in the first Test against Bangladesh.
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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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/ 20 November 2008
Bangladesh were forced to follow on after collapsing against South Africa’s pace attack on the second day of the first Test on Thursday.
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/ 17 November 2008
South Africa will be seeking convincing wins in their two-Test series against Bangladesh, starting in Bloemfontein on Wednesday.
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/ 12 November 2008
The third and final one-day international between SA and Bangladesh was abandoned without a ball bowled in East London on Wednesday.
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/ 6 November 2008
SA opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs has been sent home after breaking a team curfew on the night before Wednesday’s T20 clash against Bangladesh.
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/ 6 November 2008
Fast bowler Dale Steyn took two late wickets as Bangladesh missed an opportunity to gain an upset win over SA in a rain-hit T20 clash on Wednesday.
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/ 2 November 2008
Jacques Kallis steered South Africa to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Kenya in the second and final one-day international in Kimberley on Sunday.
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/ 1 November 2008
JP Duminy hit 90 and took three wickets with his off-spin as SA scored a comfortable 159-run win against Kenya in the first ODI on Friday.
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/ 13 October 2008
Proteas coach Mickey Arthur on Monday expressed satisfaction with the form of several key players in SuperSport Series domestic competition.
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/ 10 October 2008
All-rounder Ryan McLaren has withdrawn from the SA squad to play one-day internationals (ODIs) against Kenya and Bangladesh next month.
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/ 10 October 2008
The new players Mickey Arthur brought into the Protea bowling line-up have some very big shoes to fill, writes Ken Borland.